Quote: (02-28-2013 12:00 AM)Bacchus Wrote:
Nice report. Take heed everyone, Brazil isn't over. As long as you stay North of Rio.
Forro should be popular in Belem. It's easy to dance to, and the sluts love it. Did you hit up any forro spots?
Also, did they have tambaqui? That's my favorite Amazonian fish.
Belém has an increasingly famous music-night scene in Brazil. It's surely vibrant and you'll find from hip hop and techno to samba, forró, pagode, rock and even Colombian cumbia... Just ask around to check what the best options are on any given night.
I had most fun at "Palafita" and they had reggae that night.
The traditional music of Pará, however, is called "Carimbó". To me, it sounds like a version of caribbean calypso. It can be danced either with traditional costumes with couples swirling around or in a cheek-to-cheeck swing, which is more usual.
I have no clue how to post videos directly, so I'll copy some links to Carimbó material from youtube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALG2TvrPPNU
(this is the hard-core traditional carimbó with costumes and all. notice the 'native mix' girls).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClO83KIhl_0
(this is a famous carimbó singer. it's hilarously kitsch and has a contagious rythm)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMnaG8QsEag
(this is an Amazonian Celia Cruz!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ufbgc-FO4o
("fashionable carimbó" for a major stage and for a national audience).
P.S. Yep, plenty of tambaqui there.