samba

     

Samba (pronunciation (help·info)) is one of the most popular forms of music in Brazil. It is wiely viewed as Brazil's national musical style.

Trivia about samba

  • A Carioca is a resident of Rio & also a ballroom version of this dance
  • (Jimmy delivers the clue from a crowded market. ) You can buy your own instrument to play the music for this dance; Rio has several schools that teach it and a mile-long parade ground where they strut their stuff
  • This dance was popular for decades in Brazil before achieving popularity in the U.S. around 1930
  • The name of this Brazilian dance style means "to rub navels together"
  • Popular in the 1940s, this Brazilian dance was based on the African Batuque