Frevo

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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What Wikipedia says

Frevo is a dance and musical style originating from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, traditionally associated with Brazilian Carnival. The word frevo is said to come from frever, a variant of the Portuguese word ferver (to boil).

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