Map of Brazil

Brazil is home to the world's biggest carnival, wildest rainforest and arguably best football team!

Journalist Alex Bellos travelled to five key areas for the TV series Brazil Inside Out.

Find out about the places he went to and some of the extraordinary people he met.

Read the interviews in English or Portuguese and listen to some amazing live performances.

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