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  2. Love Shack - Wikipedia

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    "Love Shack" is a song by American new wave band the B-52's from their fifth studio album, Cosmic Thing (1989). It was released on June 20, 1989, and was produced by Don Was . The song was a comeback for the band, following their decline in popularity in the mid-1980s and the death of guitarist Ricky Wilson in 1985.

  3. Samba (Brazilian dance) - Wikipedia

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    According to Hiram Araújo da Costa, over the centuries, the festival of dances of slaves in Bahia were called samba. [2] Samba de Roda was the main form of circle dance, provenient from the Candomblé Afro-Brazilian Tradition. During the mid-19th century, the word referred to several types of music made by enslaved Africans. [3]

  4. Raymundo Sodré - Wikipedia

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    It was in Santa Amaro and Ipirá that Sodré absorbed the styles of music for which he later became famous, samba-de-roda and samba-chula, and the baiãos of Luiz Gonzaga and Jackson do Pandeiro. In 1980 Sodré achieved nationwide success with his hit "A Massa"—a song based in samba-de-roda—after placing third in a nationally televised ...

  5. Afro-Brazilian music - Wikipedia

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    The rodas are always lively and full of high spirits and in them, the women show all their sensuality in a graceful way. Samba de roda usually starts after the capoeira rodas have finished. [16] Banguela de Regional - This is a beat created by Mestre Bimba to mimic the "Capoeira Angola" style. These types of performances are over much slower ...

  6. Roda (formation) - Wikipedia

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    A capoeira roda in Farroupilha Park, Porto Alegre, Brazil (2007). Roda (Portuguese pronunciation: - wheel or circle) is the circular formation within which participants perform in any of several African and Afro-Brazilian dance art forms, such as engolo, capoeira, maculelê and samba de roda.

  7. Candeia - Wikipedia

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    The following year, his second LP was released, titled "Raiz" and included the song "De qualquer maneira", with lyrics creating a figurative image of Candeia's wheelchair as a king's throne. In 1975, Candeia completed his third solo LP, " Samba de roda ", released by Tapecar .

  8. Samba - Wikipedia

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    Samba (Portuguese pronunciation: ⓘ) is a name or prefix used for several rhythmic variants, such as samba urbano carioca (urban Carioca samba), [1] [2] samba de roda (sometimes also called rural samba), [3] amongst many other forms of samba, mostly originated in the Rio de Janeiro and Bahia states.

  9. Samba-canção - Wikipedia

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    Like many popular songs of the world, Samba-canção (plural 'sambas-canções')'s principal theme is the love relationship, typically moaning for a lost love. Tempo is moderate or a little slower. The denomination suggests that the song is more sophisticated, less earthy, than ordinary samba songs.