Favela (Portuguese: [fɐˈvɛlɐ]) is an umbrella name for several types of impoverished neighborhoods in Brazil. The term, which means slum or ghetto , was first used in the Slum of …

2009年3月13日 · favela, in Brazil, a slum or shantytown located within or on the outskirts of the country’s large cities, especially Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. A favela typically comes into …

2016年8月4日 · What Is a Favela? Five Things to Know About Rio's So-Called Shantytowns While it's a word that has been attached to crime and poverty, these working-class …

2023年3月15日 · Maybe visiting a favela in Brazil isn't such a bad idea after all. Here are a few things you should know if you decide you go.

Rio’s oldest favela, Providência, was founded in 1897 within a decade of the abolition of slavery, in the Port area that received two million enslaved Africans (four times the number taken to the …

2024年10月8日 · A favela tends to be ruled by drug traffickers or organized crime groups (militias) that set the rules and run the joint. The residents are protected by the drug lords in terms of …

2017年4月25日 · The Favela, also spelled as Favella, is the name given to the slums or shantytowns in and around the large cities of Brazil. There are many favelas existing around …

Favela Removal, Public Housing, and Popular Resistance: 1940s–1970s. Largely ignored by city and state government for much of the first half of the twentieth century, the favelas began to …

2014年6月9日 · Explore Rio's largest favela, Rocinha, and meet some of the people who live and work in the city within a city.

2025年1月3日 · Residents of favelas have made indelible marks on Brazilian culture, especially in music and art. Genres like samba and funk have roots in these communities, and graffiti art …