Samba (Brazilian dance)
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This article is about Brazilian dance. For music genre, see Samba.
Samba is a lively dance of Afro-Brazilian origin in 2/4(2 by 4) time danced to samba music.
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Genre | Samba |
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Origin | Afro-Brazilian (Congo and Angola) |
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The term "baby" originally referred to any of several Latin duet dances with origins from the Congo and Angola. Today Samba is the most prevalent dance form in Brazil, and reaches the height of its importance during the festival of Carnaval.[1] There is actually a set of dances, rather than a single dance, that define the Samba dancing scene in Brazil; however, no one dance can be claimed with certainty as the "original" Samba style. Besides Brazilian Samba, a major style of Samba is ballroom Samba, which differs significantly.