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Samba (other)
Samba is a genre of Afro-Brazilian music and dance. Samba may also refer to: Dance *Samba (Brazilian dance), a genre of Afro-Brazilian dance *Samba (ballroom dance), a ballroom dance *Samba de Gafieira, a Brazilian ballroom dance Music *Samba rock, a subgenre of samba *''Samba!'', a 1962 album by Edmundo Ros *Samba (album), ''Samba'' (album), a 2005 album by Twins * Samba (song), "Samba" (song), a 2011 song by Ricky Martin from the album ''Música + Alma + Sexo'' Places *Samba, Jammu and Kashmir, a town in Jammu and Kashmir, India *Samba district, a district in Jammu and Kashmir, India *Samba, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran *Samba, Luanda, a municipality in Luanda Province, Angola *Samba Department including the town Samba, Burkina Faso People *Abderrahman Samba (born 1995), Qatari track athlete *Bindi Hindowa Samba, Sierra Leonean paramount chief *Martin-Paul Samba (1875–1914), Cameroonian collaborator with and later rebel against German rule *Christopher S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samba
Samba (), also known as samba urbano carioca (''urban Carioca samba'') or simply samba carioca (''Carioca samba''), is a Brazilian music genre that originated in the Afro-Brazilian communities of Rio de Janeiro in the early 20th century. Having its roots in Brazilian folk traditions, especially those linked to the primitive rural samba of the colonial and imperial periods, it is considered one of the most important cultural phenomena in Brazil and one of the country's symbols. Present in the Portuguese language at least since the 19th century, the word "samba" was originally used to designate a "popular dance". Over time, its meaning has been extended to a "batuque-like circle dance", a dance style, and also to a "music genre". This process of establishing itself as a musical genre began in the 1910s and it had its inaugural landmark in the song " Pelo Telefone", launched in 1917. Despite being identified by its creators, the public, and the Brazilian music industry as "samba", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
