Lambada
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- Lambada is also the name of a 1990 movie.
Lambada is a dance which became internationally popular in the 1980s. The origin of the dance is somewhat disputed, some saying it began in Bolivia, while others maintain it began in Brazil. Some of the forerunners of the dance are forro, sayas, the maxixe, and the carimbó.
The word lambada comes from a Portuguese word used in Brazil referring to the wavelike motion of a whip. The dancers' bodies mimic this flowing motion.
Kaoma, a French group, recorded the number one worldwide summer hit "Lambada" which sold 5 million singles in 1989. Lambada is an unauthorised translation of the song "Llorando se fue", by the Bolivian group Los Kjarkas. See Music of Bolivia article for more about the translation of this song.
After 1994 the Brazilian music style (also called Lambada) who gave birth to the dance started to fade away and the dancers began to use other musical sources to continue practicing the Lambada dance. Among these rhythms were the Flamenco Rhumba (such as from the Gypsy Kings) and some Arabian music. Today the majority of Lambada is danced under Zouk music (more specifically Zouk love)
See also
External link
- Lambada News (http://www.lambadanews.co.uk/lambada.html)Template:Dance-stub