Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Organized crime is intrinsically intertwined with Greater Rio de Janeiro's history, growing with the development of the cities zones and their favelas.Rio de Janeiro is unique in that it has some of its wealthiest, tourist-driven communities located nearby neighborhoods that face high proportions of violence and criminal presence.
Recently, funk carioca, a type of music popularized in the favelas has also become popular in other parts of the world. [30] This type of music often features samples from other songs. Popular funk artists include MC Naldo and Buchecha [30] Bailes funk are forms of dance parties that play this type of funk music and were popularized in favelas ...
A program to combat gangs and gang-centered violence known as the Pacifying Police Unit (PPU) was introduced in the traditionally violent favelas of Rio de Janeiro in 2008 and 2009. PPU personnel are well-educated and trained in both human rights and modern police techniques; their aim is to supplant the community presence of gangs as central ...
A famous face helped kick of the 2016 Summer Games in Rio by showcasing Brazil's culture as she strutted across the stage on Friday.
For residents of Morro da Babilonia, one of Rio de Janeiro's underdeveloped 'favela' neighborhoods, geopolitics rarely enters daily conversation, but as the city readies to host leaders from the ...
Funk carioca (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfɐ̃k(i) kɐɾiˈɔkɐ,-kaɾ-]), also known as favela funk, in other parts of the world as baile funk and Brazilian funk, or even simply funk, is a Brazilian hip hop-influenced music genre from Rio de Janeiro, taking influences from musical styles such as Miami bass and freestyle.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The song reached the top of the charts for three weeks in Germany and stayed a full 30 weeks in the survey, [23] marking the longest consecutive chart run of a Michael Jackson song in the German charts. The lyrical controversy surrounding "They Don't Care About Us" brought partial commercial disappointment in the US.