• "Samba de Janeiro" (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈsɐ̃bɐ dʒi ʒɐˈnejɾu]) is a song by German pop group Bellini. It was released on 5 May 1997 in Germany as the...
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    The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro) is a festival held every year before Lent; it is considered the biggest carnival...
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    samba de roda (sometimes also called rural samba), amongst many other forms of samba, mostly originated in the Rio de Janeiro and Bahia states. Samba...
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    (born 1979 or 1980 in Indonesia). They released their first single "Samba de Janeiro", which heavily samples Airto Moreira's 1972 song "Tombo In 7/4" from...
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    to each other as in Rio de Janeiro. This is the type of Samba one sees in the Brazilian Carnival parades and in other Samba carnivals over the world...
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    phrase "escola de samba" is popularly held to derive from the schoolyard location of the first group's early rehearsals. In Rio de Janeiro especially, they...
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    was the debut studio album Samba de Janeiro in 1997, preceded by the massive chart hit of the same name "Samba de Janeiro", which heavily samples Airto...
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    Brazil. Rio de Janeiro is one of the most visited cities in the Southern Hemisphere and is known for its natural settings, carnival, samba, bossa nova...
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  • Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Portela or Portela for short, is a traditional samba school, founded in 1923, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The school has...
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  • "Copacabana Samba" by Joseph Francis Kuhn "Corcovado" by Antônio Carlos Jobim "Corcovado (dedicated to Madame Henri Hoppenot)" by Darius Milhaud "De Janeiro" by...
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