O SAMBA
SAMBA
Dentre os gêneros que compõem a rica música brasileira, o samba se destaca como o mais característico e conhecido. tanto no Brasil como no exterior. Sua origem remonta ao século XVll, na onde escravos originários de Angola e do aportaram, difundindo suas rodas de rcuja tradução seria umbigada). No final : XlX, a cidade do Rio de Janeiro en:: =ederal - se tornaria o grande cen-'-. :: país, onde um caldeirão de rit,,'
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Among the different styles that make up what is known as Brazilian music, samba stands out as the most characteristic and popular, both in Brazil and abroad. Its origins can be traced back to I vh century Bahia, where slaves captured in Angola and Congo landed, divulging their semba gatherings (at that time called umbigada, or belly bumping). At the closing of the I 9th century, the city of Rio de Janeiro - at that time the country's capital became Brazil's major cultural center, where a melting pot of rhythms of diverse origins, such as the Polka, the Lundu, the Habanera, the Maxixe, would blend with the old African rhythm from the semba gatherings, generating the samba in the process.
ln the begìnning of the 20,h century, the neighborhoods adjacent to downtown Rio - Estacio, Saúde, and Praça Onze, became the ultimate bastion of this genuinely Brazilian rhythm. That was where the "baianas", affectionately called "aunts" by the people, settled. They were based on the traditional figure cut by heavy-set women from the state of Bahia. Wearing their wide, white garbs, swaying to their own rhythms, they contributed to this "migratory movement," which hastened the blending of those styles, culminating in the creation of samba.
ln addition to carrying traditional sweets and goodies, the "aunts" from Bahia brought along the tradition of religious syncretism in their back yard celebrations, aligning profane and religious traditions, always swayed by great music. The most famous of those celebrations were held at Aunt Ciata's, where young and talented mu-