Brazilian Folk Music
Brazilian folk music comprises the traditional musics of Brazil's regions, formed from Portuguese, African and Indigenous sources. Its principal families include the bai茫o and forr贸 of the Northeast, the m煤sica caipira and moda de viola of the rural Southeast, Amazonian carimb贸, Afro-Brazilian maracatu and coco, and the devotional and festival musics tied to the Catholic and Afro-diasporic calendar. Ballads, improvised verse duels and dance rhythms are carried by instruments such as the viola caipira, accordion, rabeca and zabumba. Long transmitted orally in rural communities, the repertory was carried nationwide by radio-era singers and remains the foundation of much Brazilian popular music.