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There are many types of sambas, but I will assume that you are talking about the urban samba that begun in the 1930's in Rio de Janeiro. The original samba is called samba-de-roda and why is it called like this? The samba-de-roda was created by the same people that played capoeira in Brazil, the black, the slaves. read more

The samba-de-roda was created by the same people that played capoeira in Brazil, the black, the slaves. Basically is a mix of African and European culture and it was born in the RecĂ´ncavo baiano. The roda is related with the roda de capoeira a circle formed by capoeiristas and capoeira musical instruments, where every participant sings the typical songs and claps their hands following the music. read more

While much of samba's history is centered in Rio de Janeiro, a new development of the genre began to emerge in the eastern state of Bahia in the 1980s, as artists in Salvador created a new percussive style that was a bit slower and more driving, with lyrics that reflected the ideology of Brazil's African Diaspora. read more

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