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Lambadão cuiabano (often shortened to lambadão) is a fast, swinging popular style from the Baixada Cuiabana in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, centered on the cities of Cuiabá and Várzea Grande.

Brega is a Brazilian popular music style known for unabashed romanticism, dramatic vocal delivery, and melodically memorable choruses. Often associated with working-class audiences in the Northeast and North of Brazil, it embraces sentimentality—songs dwell on love, betrayal, jealousy, and…

Forró is a popular dance-music tradition from Brazil’s Northeast, centered on the trio of accordion (sanfona), zabumba (bass/tenor drum), and triangle. It encompasses a family of rhythms—most notably baião, xote, arrasta-pé, and xaxado—and is performed for partner dancing at parties and the June…