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Voted
the UK's finest Samba Band , available to hire for corporate events,
weddings PR events and launch parties. Samba dancers are
available on request, performing with a live band of 10 - 20 Samba
drummers.
Grupo
Sambando
was formed in late 2000 to perform Pagode and Choro; two genres of
Samba that are rarely heard live in the UK. Pagode is the name for
the Samba revival movement that began in Rio de Janeiro in the
1970s. It started at the Cacique de Ramos in northern Rio and was
spearheaded by Grupo Fundo de Quintal. In the last twenty years
Pagode has become very popular in Brazil and there are now hundreds
of bands on the scene. Choro (or Chorinho) is the instrumental form
of Samba, which had its heyday in the early twentieth century. It is
still popular in Brazil and performers are greatly valued for their
virtuosity. The band consists of three Brazilians and two Brits. |