CULTURAL EXPLORATIONS

Cultural Explorations

Cultural Explorations

Pick either the Samba or the Tango: Explain the impact that the dance and music had on its country's national identity.

Samba as a National Identity

Brazil's musical culture has something for everyone. The country's best-known music and musicians come from the cosmopolitan urban environs of the South, especially from the city of Rio de Janeiro. Since the 1930s, the samba has been synonymous with Brazilian music and the country's national identity across the globe (Turino, 2003). In Brazil, the term samba designates a set of related folk and popular music styles found throughout the country, but it ...