Umbigada
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Umbigada (from Portuguese umbigo, "navel"), sometimes translates as "belly bump" or "belly blow",[2] is a dance move in various Afro-Brazilian dances. It is seen as a "basic feature of many dances imported to Brazil and Portugal from the Congo-Angola region",[2] for example, samba, fandango, batuque, creole drum.[3]
It is performed as follows: a dancer opens her arms and extends her navel towards another dancer. The bodies of the two dancers may, or may not touch. [4]
It is commonly used as an invitation to dance, e.g., during samba de roda ("samba in circle").[4] However it may also constitute an element of the dance itself.[5][3]
References
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- ^ a b Chapter XXII: Umbigada (pp. 130-141 in: Luís da Câmara Cascudo, Made in Africa, pesquísas e notas, 1965, and later editions (CÂMARA CASCUDO, Luís da. Made in Africa. São Paulo: Global Editora, 2001; por Camila Lembo, an overview, retrieved May 23, 2016)
- ^ a b Waddey 1981, p. 255.
- ^ "A UMBIGADA EM FILEIRA", Jangada Brazil, no. 40, December 2001
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Ralph Waddey, "Viola de Samba" and "Samba de Viola" in the "Reconcavo" of Bahia (Brazil) Part II: "Samba de Viola", Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Autumn - Winter, 1981), pp. 252-279Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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