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  2. Samba (Brazilian dance) - Wikipedia

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    Samba is a lively dance of Afro-Brazilian origin in 2/4(2 by 4) time danced to samba music. The term "baby" originally referred to any of several Latin duet dances with origins from the Congo and Angola. Today Samba is the most prevalent dance form in Brazil, and reaches the height of its importance during the festival of Carnaval. [1]

  3. Category:Brazilian dances - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Brazilian dances" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Brazilian Zouk; C.

  4. Brazilian dance craze created by young people in Rio’s ...

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    It all started with nifty leg movements, strong steps backwards and forwards, paced to Brazilian funk music. The passinho, a dance style created in the 2000s by kids in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas ...

  5. Brazilian Zouk - Wikipedia

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    Brazilian Zouk is a partner dance which began in Brazil during the early 1990s. Brazilian Zouk evolved from the partner dance known as the Lambada.Over time, Zouk dancers have experimented and incorporated other styles of music into such as R'n'B, pop, hip hop and contemporary.

  6. Category:Dance in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Dance in Brazil" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F.

  7. Forró - Wikipedia

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    The city of Embu das Artes, Brazil. Forró is the most popular genre of music and dance in Brazil's Northeast, [citation needed] to the extent that historically "going to the forró" meant simply going to party or going out. [citation needed] The music is based on a combination of three instruments (accordion, zabumba and a metal triangle). The ...

  8. Baião (music) - Wikipedia

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    Baião (Portuguese pronunciation:) is a Northeastern Brazilian music genre and dance style based on a syncopated duple meter rhythm, based around the pulse of the zabumba, a flat, double-headed bass drum played with a mallet in one hand and a stick in the other, each striking the opposite head of the drum for alternating high and low notes, frequently accompanied by an accordion and a triangle ...

  9. Festa Junina - Wikipedia

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    Dances involving Bumba Meu Boi are also present during this festival. Here, the dance revolves around a woman desiring to eat the tongue of an ox. Her husband kills the ox, to the dismay of the ox's owner. A healer enters and resuscitates the ox, and all participants celebrate. [2] Accompanying these dances is a genre of music known as Forró.