"Os Quindins de Yayá" (also known as "Os Quindins de Iaiá") is a famous Brazilian song written by the renowned Brazilian songwriter

Ary Barroso Ary de Resende Barroso (1903–1964), better known as Ary Barroso, was a Brazilian composer, pianist, soccer commentator, and talent-show host on radio and TV. He was one of Brazil's most successful songwriters in the first half of the 20th centur ...

and first released in 1941. It gained international fame when it was sung by

Aurora Miranda Aurora Miranda da Cunha Richaid (20 April 1915 – 22 December 2005) was a Brazilian singer and actress. She began her career at the age of 18 in 1933. Miranda appeared in several films, including '' The Three Caballeros'', where she danced with ...

in the Disney film ''

The Three Caballeros ''The Three Caballeros'' is a 1944 American live-action/animated musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film premiered in Mexico City on December 21, 1944. It was released in the United States on ...

''.

Meaning

quindim Quindim ( — or ) is a popular Brazilian baked dessert with Portuguese heritage, made chiefly from sugar, egg yolks and ground coconut. It is a custard and usually presented as an upturned cup with a glistening surface and intensely yellow ...

is a popular Brazilian baked dessert that is typically

yellow Yellow is the color between green and orange on the spectrum of light. It is evoked by light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 575585 nm. It is a primary color in subtractive color systems, used in painting or color printing. In the ...

and contains sugar, egg yolk, and ground coconut. As is common with Portuguese words ending in the letter "m", the plural form of the word "quindim" is spelt with an "n", as it is in this song. Yayá is a term of endearment that was originally used amongst Brazil's black slaves. Yayá is an old fashioned spelling of the word and some versions of the song have spelt it as Iaiá instead.

Versions

The song has been recorded by a variety of artists including Ciro Monteiro & Orchestra, Nuno Roland with Simon Bountman e sua Orchestra do Cassino Copacabana, Fernanado Alvarez with Regional,

Roberto Inglez The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

, César de Alencar & Emilinha Borba, Trio Irakitan with Conjunto Coral de Severino Filho, and

Bola de Nieve Bola de Nieve (literally ''Snowball'') (11 September 1911 – 2 October 1971), born Ignacio Jacinto Villa Fernández, was a Cuban singer-pianist and songwriter. His name originates from his round, black face. Villa Fernández was born in Guanaba ...

. Perhaps the most famous version of the song was sung by

for the Disney film ''

''. In the film Donald Duck and José Carioca travel to Bahia where they see a woman (Aurora Miranda) carrying a basket full of quindins that she is trying to sell and singing "Os Quindins de Yayá". A large group of men soon gather around her and join in the song. On the official soundtrack of ''The Three Caballeros'', the song was sung by Nestor Amaral with

Bando Da Lua Bando da Lua was a Brazilian band that made recordings from 1933-1954, notable for being Carmen Miranda's band. It was formed by Aloísio de Oliveira Aloísio or Aloysio de Oliveira (December 30, 1914 – February 4, 1995), also known as Louis ...

and with

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and his Orchestra. An instrumental version performed by Stanley Black and his Piano Barroso was featured in the 1992 film '' Strictly Ballroom''.

References

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