Jongo
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thumb|Presentation of the Group of Caxambu Michel Tannus in Porciúncula thumb|Jongo is a Brazilian dance of West African origin (c. 1822) thumb|right|Vovó Maria Joana Rezadeira talks about jongo in an interview for the "Art Program from A to Z", from TV Educativa. Image of Fundação Centro Brasileiro de TV Educativa. Jongo, also known as caxambu or tabu, is a dance and musical genre of black communities from southeast Brazil. It originated from the dances performed by slaves who worked at coffee plantations in the Paraíba Valley, between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, and also at farms in some a
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- dance
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- Brazil
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- Jongo
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El jongo es una danza, un género musical y una manifestación cultural africana en Brasil, que influyó decisivamente en la formación de la samba y en la cultura popular brasilera como un todo. Según los jongueiros, el jongo es el "abuelo" de la samba.
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