Baião Music
Baião may refer to: *Baião (music) * Baião, Portugal, a municipality in northern Portugal *Baião, Pará Baião, Pará is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Pará This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Pará (PA), located in the North Region of Brazil. Pará is ...

Baião (music)
Baião () is a Northeastern Brazilian music genre and dance style based on a syncopated duple meter rhythm, based around the pulse of the zabumba, a flat, double-headed bass drum played with a mallet in one hand and a stick in the other, each striking the opposite head of the drum for alternating high and low notes, frequently accompanied by an accordion and a triangle pattern. The baião rhythm is integral to the genres of forró, repente and coco (or embolada). It is mostly associated with the state of Pernambuco. Baião was popularized via radio in the 1940s, reaching peak popularity in the 1950s. Description Amerindian elements include the use of flutes, later replaced by the accordion, and wooden shakers; African-influenced baião might be accompanied by atabaque drums and include overlapping call and response singing; and European influences include the use of the triangle, Western harmony, and dance music such as the quadrille, polka, mazurka, and schottische, heavy influ ...
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Baião, Portugal
Baião () is a municipality in Porto District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 20,522,Instituto Nacional de Estatística
in an area of 174.53 km². Baião received a charter from Manuel I on 1 September 1513. The present Mayor is Paulo Pereira, elected from the . The municipal holiday is August 24.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 14 civil parishes (''''): ...
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