Key facts
- Music genre.name
- Forró
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- 19th century, Sertão, Brazil
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Origin of the music
- Origin of the term
- Popularity
- Music
- Lyrics and themes
- Instruments
- "Electronic" forró (modern forró)
- Dance
- Dancing styles
- Xote
- Baião
- Arrasta-pé
- Steps
- International forró festivals
- Further reading
- Notes
- References
thumb|263px|Statues of Forró musicians
The term forró () refers to a musical genre, a rhythm, a dance and the event itself where forró music is played and danced. Forró is an important part of the culture of the Northeastern Region of Brazil. It encompasses various dance types as well as a number of different musical genres. Their music genres and dances have gained widespread popularity in all regions of Brazil, especially during the Brazilian June Festivals. Forró has also become increasingly popular all over the world, with a well-established forró scene in Europe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “forró” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.