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Bambaê de caixa

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Bambaê de caixa, é uma dança de roda folclórica brasileira, com acompanhamento de instrumentos de percussão.

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Bambaê de caixa, é uma dança de roda folclórica brasileira, com acompanhamento de instrumentos de percussão.

01 · What it is
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02 · Where & name
Brazil

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03 · How it is doing
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CaracterísticasGeralmente, um ou dois casais bailam no centro da roda ao som das percussões.
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What is Bambaê de caixa in plain words?

Bambaê de caixa, é uma dança de roda folclórica brasileira, com acompanhamento de instrumentos de percussão.

Where is Bambaê de caixa practised or documented?

Sources on this page place Bambaê de caixa in Brazil.

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The tradition & historical record

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Bambaê de caixa, é uma dança de roda folclórica brasileira, com acompanhamento de instrumentos de percussão. 1

Características

Geralmente, um ou dois casais bailam no centro da roda ao som das percussões. Apresenta coreografias complexa com giros bruscos que exigem grande agilidade dos brincantes. Os integrantes da roda dançam com passos variados e rápidos, os casais revezam, ora frente a frente, ora de costas. O bambaê de caixa é muito presente nos municípios da Baixada Ocidental Maranhense, sobretudo São Bento e Cajapió. 1

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Bambaê de caixa”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1

Bambaê de caixa is recorded in open cultural data. The structured record cited below does not describe the practice, and this entry has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2

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