As Yoruba chants wove into Brazilian beats ... song only the soul could hear. The Fanti Carnival did not simply return—it roared back, reclaiming space, cultural identity and pride.

The Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the world’s most important week in global animatioon, returns to the French ...

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Annecy 2025's slate includes an animated Stranger Things series, Zootopia 2 and Genndy Tartakovsky's Fixed, among others.

A green oasis intended to contribute to neighbourhood health in Rio de Janeiro, Parque Realengo is rapidly being colonised by ...

The vast festival halls of Navy Pier were crowded with collectors, curators, artists and other VIPs by the late afternoon on ...

Three galleries from Romania and the Republic of Moldova will take part in the contemporary art fair Art Brussels 2025, which ...

Bogotá's Festival Estéreo Picnic has always lived in a unique middle ground, between slick international headliners and the ...

The festival, albeit on a smaller scale than that of its Brazilian model, helps to keep their heritage alive and celebrate the city's Afro-Brazilian history. After Brazil abolished slavery ...

The carnival represents a part of Nigeria's history that is not always well known -- though some are trying to change that. Kelenchi Anabaraonye, 27, curated a history exhibition at the festival.

Capoeira, which fuses martial arts, dance, music, acrobatics, and philosophy, was developed by enslaved Africans in Brazil as ...