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Brazil was colonised by the Portuguese in the 16th Century who bought African people to Brazil as slaves. |
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 Brazil’s music, Samba, shares roots with African music, in particular Afrobeat. |
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 Football is not the only place Brazilians meet on an equal footing. At the beach everyone hangs out together and this feeling is captured in jazzy music called Bossa Nova. |
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The most famous bossa nova song ever was ' The Girl from Ipanema' which loads of people have sung over the years, including Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Junior and many others. Ipanema is a neigbourhood in the Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro. The real girl who inspired the song was 18-year old Heloisa Pinheiro, spotted walking to the beach every day by the composers. |
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Read more and listen to some famous singers with their own versions |
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Capoeira is an amazing mix of a martial arts with music and song. The musicians play the berimbau, a musical bow with a gourd resonator.www.londonschoolofcapoiera.co.uk/
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