Originally Posted by
Fudd:
“That's lovely but it was a Samba.
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yes it was a Samba
maybe not the prissy Samba that goes on in ballrooms these days but it was more true to an original Samba as it was first an African dance with a drum beat that was taken by the slaves to the Americas
It was then taken up by urban Brazilians where it still resembled the African beat and movement
North American big bands sanitized it with big band sounds and Samba schools started in Rio and it became more and more popular and is now the national dance of Brazil
The ballroom Samba has now become far removed from what it first started as but can stil be found in some flavelas
Samba is not just a dance to Brazil it is also food, clothes, carnival and art