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== Contemporary and trending ==
== Contemporary and trending ==
It continues through sambadores and sambadeiras, family transmission, community groups and public presentations. Heritage recognition has supported visibility and organisation, but a concert does not reproduce every aspect of a neighbourhood gathering. Some instruments and repertoires require deliberate teaching and instrument making to remain available. Younger performers may work across recorded popular music and local rodas. Contemporary vitality therefore includes teaching, informal celebration and women’s community leadership, rather than only commercial releases. The possibility of change is part of this living practice, not automatically a loss of authenticity.
 
Samba de roda is living practice across Bahia, with especially dense Recôncavo communities. The 2024 revalidation broadened the territorial framing; the Recôncavo should remain a major concentration rather than be mistaken for an exhaustive boundary. In a July 2025 Rádio USP programme, Almir Côrtes and Júlio Caldas discussed the viola machete and its cyclical figures, connecting instrumental knowledge with current work. <ref name="southamerica2026-ba-samba-revalidation">[https://bcr.iphan.gov.br/bens-culturais/samba-de-roda-do-reconcavo-baiano/ Iphan, Samba de roda registration and 2024 revalidation]. Access note: Substantial indexed institutional description; direct full page failed. Inherited research checkpoint; relevant passages rechecked where available on takeover.</ref> <ref name="southamerica2026-ba-machete-2025">[https://jornal.usp.br/podcast/revoredo-194-o-som-da-viola-machete/ Rádio USP, Revoredo 194: O som da viola machete, 17 July 2025]. Access note: Written programme account read; one-hour audio not auditioned. Do not repeat imprecise heritage-law wording. Inherited research checkpoint; relevant passages rechecked where available on takeover.</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
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== Musical characteristics ==
== Musical characteristics ==
Listeners can follow a lead voice and a repeated choral response against clapping and percussion. Dance involves detailed footwork and bodily phrasing, often with one person featured inside the ring. Instrumentation varies: pandeiro, other drums, scrapers, guitars, cavaquinho and viola machete may appear in different combinations. Samba chula and samba corrido have different relationships among solo verse, response and dancing. The pauses and permissions within a performance matter. A continuous stage medley can conceal distinctions that are clear to participants familiar with the local form.
 
=== Chula, corrido and local names ===
In the chula pattern described by Iphan, the principal singers finish their verse before the central dancer enters the instrumental passage. Corrido commonly combines short alternating solo/chorus exchanges with simultaneous dancing. Cachoeira’s barravento terminology and the machete associated with Santo Amaro illustrate local variation. These distinctions explain participation; they are not a universal rulebook for every roda or an exhaustive taxonomy of Bahian samba. Instruments, gendered roles and arrangements vary by community. <ref name="southamerica2026-ba-samba-sicg">[https://sicg.iphan.gov.br/sicg/bemImaterial/rel/104/ Iphan SICG, Samba de Roda do Recôncavo Baiano]. Access note: Relevant full public text read again on takeover, 22 October 2026.</ref>


== Geography and communities ==
== Geography and communities ==
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== Representative performances ==
== Representative performances ==
These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.
These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.
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| traditional || regional || Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates.
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| Samba de Roda Suerdieck / Samba de Dona Dalva || Samba de Roda de D. Dalva || https://www.youtube.com/embed/-0LO6cBrRYY || The group’s own publication documents its Bahian samba de roda, adding Dona Dalva’s community ensemble to the São Braz chula example.<ref name="performance-samba-de-roda-2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0LO6cBrRYY Samba de Roda Suerdieck / Samba de Dona Dalva — Samba de Roda de D. Dalva]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0LO6cBrRYY Existing recording] || Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims. || <muglobe-flag video="-0LO6cBrRYY" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="-0LO6cBrRYY" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="-0LO6cBrRYY" field="authentic" />
| Samba de Roda Suerdieck / Samba de Dona Dalva || Samba de Roda de D. Dalva || https://www.youtube.com/embed/-0LO6cBrRYY || The group’s own publication documents its Bahian samba de roda, adding Dona Dalva’s community ensemble to the São Braz chula example.<ref name="performance-samba-de-roda-2">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0LO6cBrRYY Samba de Roda Suerdieck / Samba de Dona Dalva — Samba de Roda de D. Dalva]. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.</ref> || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || unknown || pending || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0LO6cBrRYY Existing recording] || Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims. || <muglobe-flag video="-0LO6cBrRYY" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="-0LO6cBrRYY" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="-0LO6cBrRYY" field="authentic" />
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| Samba Chula de São Braz with João do Boi and Alumínio || João do Boi - Samba Chula de São Braz  Womex 2010  ao vivo || https://www.youtube.com/embed/qNlWxGij7gM || Identified Womex stage performance, Copenhagen 2010, of the Bahian group. The caption names João do Boi and his brother Alumínio; Tadeu Mascarenhas is recordist/editor. Bahian repertoire scope, not Danish scene-origin. Source: Homenagem ao Samba Chula João do Boi . Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2016-09-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNlWxGij7gM João do Boi - Samba Chula de São Braz  Womex 2010  ao vivo].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 2010 || live || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNlWxGij7gM Recording/context source] || Identified Womex stage performance, Copenhagen 2010, of the Bahian group. The caption names João do Boi and his brother Alumínio; Tadeu Mascarenhas is recordist/editor. Bahian repertoire scope, not Danish scene-origin. Source: Homenagem ao Samba Chula João do Boi . Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="qNlWxGij7gM" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="qNlWxGij7gM" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="qNlWxGij7gM" field="authentic" />
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| Samba Chula de São Braz || Samba Chula de São Braz, de Santo Amaro, no projeto "Cultura em Campo", no MAM-BA || https://www.youtube.com/embed/5Q2IAL8vZ1Q || Named Santo Amaro group performing at Cultura em Campo, MAM Bahia, 16 June 2013. Other artists listed for later festival dates are not this recording performers. Source: Daniel Froes. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2013-06-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q2IAL8vZ1Q Samba Chula de São Braz, de Santo Amaro, no projeto "Cultura em Campo", no MAM-BA].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 2013-06-16 || live || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q2IAL8vZ1Q Recording/context source] || Named Santo Amaro group performing at Cultura em Campo, MAM Bahia, 16 June 2013. Other artists listed for later festival dates are not this recording performers. Source: Daniel Froes. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="5Q2IAL8vZ1Q" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="5Q2IAL8vZ1Q" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="5Q2IAL8vZ1Q" field="authentic" />
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| Samba Chula de São Braz || VI Mostra do Samba de Roda de Saubara: Grupo de Samba Chula de São Braz || https://www.youtube.com/embed/TSBKnCPMU48 || VI Mostra do Samba de Roda de Saubara performance by the explicitly identified Bahian chula group. One complete programme counts once; no matching excerpts selected. Source: Chegança Fragata Brasileira. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2021-03-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSBKnCPMU48 VI Mostra do Samba de Roda de Saubara: Grupo de Samba Chula de São Braz].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSBKnCPMU48 Recording/context source] || VI Mostra do Samba de Roda de Saubara performance by the explicitly identified Bahian chula group. One complete programme counts once; no matching excerpts selected. Source: Chegança Fragata Brasileira. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="TSBKnCPMU48" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="TSBKnCPMU48" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="TSBKnCPMU48" field="authentic" />
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| Samba Chula de São Braz || Apresentação do grupo Samba Chula de São Braz na Casa da Mãe (Rio Vermelho) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/CusmAFqi48A || Focused Casa da Mãe, Rio Vermelho performance identified in the title. Mestra Zélia do Prato is the publishing channel, not automatically an additional singer credit. Source: Mestra Zélia do Prato. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2018-09-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CusmAFqi48A Apresentação do grupo Samba Chula de São Braz na Casa da Mãe (Rio Vermelho)].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CusmAFqi48A Recording/context source] || Focused Casa da Mãe, Rio Vermelho performance identified in the title. Mestra Zélia do Prato is the publishing channel, not automatically an additional singer credit. Source: Mestra Zélia do Prato. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="CusmAFqi48A" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="CusmAFqi48A" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="CusmAFqi48A" field="authentic" />
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| Samba Chula Poder do Samba || Grupo Samba Chula Poder do Samba no Festival d´ Gente. São Francisco do Conde, 2021 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/uNlJQT_b28Q || Group-owned musical performance at Festival d’Gente, São Francisco do Conde, explicitly dated 2021. Source: Samba Chula Poder do Samba. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2021-07-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNlJQT_b28Q Grupo Samba Chula Poder do Samba no Festival d´ Gente. São Francisco do Conde, 2021].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 2021 || live || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNlJQT_b28Q Recording/context source] || Group-owned musical performance at Festival d’Gente, São Francisco do Conde, explicitly dated 2021. Source: Samba Chula Poder do Samba. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="uNlJQT_b28Q" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="uNlJQT_b28Q" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="uNlJQT_b28Q" field="authentic" />
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| Samba de Roda de Dona Dalva with Mestra Ana || Festival de Samba de Roda de Cachoeira || https://www.youtube.com/embed/NW5MKzHFBFU || Primary group account explicitly names Mestra Ana as voice and identifies sambadeiras and sambadores. Festival at Caixa Cultural Salvador, 1–4 December 2016; exact day unspecified. Source: Samba de Roda de D. Dalva. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2016-12-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW5MKzHFBFU Festival de Samba de Roda de Cachoeira].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 2016-12 || live || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW5MKzHFBFU Recording/context source] || Primary group account explicitly names Mestra Ana as voice and identifies sambadeiras and sambadores. Festival at Caixa Cultural Salvador, 1–4 December 2016; exact day unspecified. Source: Samba de Roda de D. Dalva. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="NW5MKzHFBFU" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="NW5MKzHFBFU" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="NW5MKzHFBFU" field="authentic" />
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| Samba de Roda de Dona Dalva and Suerdieck family ensemble || Maria Tereza || https://www.youtube.com/embed/LPw5NQyPvqA || Maria Tereza is the grandmother commemorated by Dona Dalva’s composition, not the current vocalist. The primary caption identifies a family and sambador anniversary performance in Cachoeira. 2026 upload does not alone establish the session year. Source: Samba de Roda de D. Dalva. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-02-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPw5NQyPvqA Maria Tereza].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPw5NQyPvqA Recording/context source] || Maria Tereza is the grandmother commemorated by Dona Dalva’s composition, not the current vocalist. The primary caption identifies a family and sambador anniversary performance in Cachoeira. 2026 upload does not alone establish the session year. Source: Samba de Roda de D. Dalva. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="LPw5NQyPvqA" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="LPw5NQyPvqA" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="LPw5NQyPvqA" field="authentic" />
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| Nicinha &amp; Raízes de Santo Amaro || Samba de Nicinha || https://www.youtube.com/embed/TJif5GvdmX8 || Samba de Nicinha, named group studio track from its 2012 album. Maria Eunice Martins Luz is Nicinha’s credited civil name, not an extra singer. Distributor publication in 2018 is separate from the 2012 release. Source: Nicinha &amp; Raízes de Santo Amaro - Topic. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2018-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJif5GvdmX8 Samba de Nicinha].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJif5GvdmX8 Recording/context source] || Samba de Nicinha, named group studio track from its 2012 album. Maria Eunice Martins Luz is Nicinha’s credited civil name, not an extra singer. Distributor publication in 2018 is separate from the 2012 release. Source: Nicinha &amp; Raízes de Santo Amaro - Topic. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="TJif5GvdmX8" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="TJif5GvdmX8" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="TJif5GvdmX8" field="authentic" />
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| Nicinha &amp; Raízes de Santo Amaro || Ô Dona Nicinha || https://www.youtube.com/embed/LQr9GdwJ5c8 || Ô Dona Nicinha, distinct named track from the group’s 2012 album. Distributor strings also name Maria Eunice Martins Luz and Alumínio; not treating every songwriter field as an additional current vocalist. Source: Nicinha &amp; Raízes de Santo Amaro - Topic. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2018-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQr9GdwJ5c8 Ô Dona Nicinha].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQr9GdwJ5c8 Recording/context source] || Ô Dona Nicinha, distinct named track from the group’s 2012 album. Distributor strings also name Maria Eunice Martins Luz and Alumínio; not treating every songwriter field as an additional current vocalist. Source: Nicinha &amp; Raízes de Santo Amaro - Topic. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="LQr9GdwJ5c8" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="LQr9GdwJ5c8" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="LQr9GdwJ5c8" field="authentic" />
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| Nicinha &amp; Raízes de Santo Amaro || Samba de Viola || https://www.youtube.com/embed/T8lv-XC9NZQ || Samba de Viola, a short complete named album track rather than a promotional excerpt. Same 2012 album, different music from Samba de Nicinha and Ô Dona Nicinha. Source: Nicinha &amp; Raízes de Santo Amaro - Topic. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2018-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8lv-XC9NZQ Samba de Viola].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8lv-XC9NZQ Recording/context source] || Samba de Viola, a short complete named album track rather than a promotional excerpt. Same 2012 album, different music from Samba de Nicinha and Ô Dona Nicinha. Source: Nicinha &amp; Raízes de Santo Amaro - Topic. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="T8lv-XC9NZQ" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="T8lv-XC9NZQ" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="T8lv-XC9NZQ" field="authentic" />
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| Nicinha &amp; Raízes de Santo Amaro || Samba Corrido || https://www.youtube.com/embed/g-nOCg4GxYc || Samba Corrido, distinct named 2012 album work in the Santo Amaro samba de roda repertoire. Not a generic capoeira or Rio pagode import. Source: Nicinha &amp; Raízes de Santo Amaro - Topic. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2018-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-nOCg4GxYc Samba Corrido].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-nOCg4GxYc Recording/context source] || Samba Corrido, distinct named 2012 album work in the Santo Amaro samba de roda repertoire. Not a generic capoeira or Rio pagode import. Source: Nicinha &amp; Raízes de Santo Amaro - Topic. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="g-nOCg4GxYc" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="g-nOCg4GxYc" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="g-nOCg4GxYc" field="authentic" />
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| Dona Nicinha &amp; Raízes de Santo Amaro || Dona Nicinha Raízes de Santo Amaro em  BH 2016 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/aLAfm-9vkwg || Group-published performance at I Encontro de Sambadeiras de BH in March 2016. Event organizers, photographers and video editors are not credited as singers. Bahian repertoire performed in Minas Gerais. Source: Grupo Nicinha Raizes da Santo Amaro. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2016-04-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLAfm-9vkwg Dona Nicinha Raízes de Santo Amaro em  BH 2016].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 2016-03 || live || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLAfm-9vkwg Recording/context source] || Group-published performance at I Encontro de Sambadeiras de BH in March 2016. Event organizers, photographers and video editors are not credited as singers. Bahian repertoire performed in Minas Gerais. Source: Grupo Nicinha Raizes da Santo Amaro. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="aLAfm-9vkwg" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="aLAfm-9vkwg" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="aLAfm-9vkwg" field="authentic" />
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| Raízes de Acupe || GRUPO DE SAMBA RAÍZES DE ACUPE || https://www.youtube.com/embed/FI0Emb2JR2Y || Group performance at Praça Renato Leone, Acupe de Santo Amaro, 19 June 2011, specifically documented by the local publisher. Recordist Felipe Argôlo is not substituted for the musicians. Source: AndreFelipeRA. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2011-07-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI0Emb2JR2Y GRUPO DE SAMBA RAÍZES DE ACUPE].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 2011-06-19 || live || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI0Emb2JR2Y Recording/context source] || Group performance at Praça Renato Leone, Acupe de Santo Amaro, 19 June 2011, specifically documented by the local publisher. Recordist Felipe Argôlo is not substituted for the musicians. Source: AndreFelipeRA. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="FI0Emb2JR2Y" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="FI0Emb2JR2Y" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="FI0Emb2JR2Y" field="authentic" />
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| Raízes de Acupe || Raizes de Acupe na I Mostra de Samba de Roda de Saubara - 22 de Março || https://www.youtube.com/embed/YnHvMR1rCpo || Identified group’s musical appearance at I Mostra de Samba de Roda de Saubara, 22 March, published April 2013. Distinct venue/event from the 2011 Acupe and Casa do Samba performances. Source: OIA FILMES. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2013-04-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnHvMR1rCpo Raizes de Acupe na I Mostra de Samba de Roda de Saubara - 22 de Março].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnHvMR1rCpo Recording/context source] || Identified group’s musical appearance at I Mostra de Samba de Roda de Saubara, 22 March, published April 2013. Distinct venue/event from the 2011 Acupe and Casa do Samba performances. Source: OIA FILMES. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="YnHvMR1rCpo" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="YnHvMR1rCpo" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="YnHvMR1rCpo" field="authentic" />
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| Raízes de Acupe || Samba de Roda Raízes de Acupe, Santo Amaro, Bahia || https://www.youtube.com/embed/HQQFh5yfWh0 || Focused performance explicitly identified as Samba de Roda Raízes de Acupe, Santo Amaro Bahia. Session date unknown; 2020 is publication only. Source: Bahia dos Meus Sonhos. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2020-04-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQQFh5yfWh0 Samba de Roda Raízes de Acupe, Santo Amaro, Bahia].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQQFh5yfWh0 Recording/context source] || Focused performance explicitly identified as Samba de Roda Raízes de Acupe, Santo Amaro Bahia. Session date unknown; 2020 is publication only. Source: Bahia dos Meus Sonhos. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="HQQFh5yfWh0" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="HQQFh5yfWh0" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="HQQFh5yfWh0" field="authentic" />
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| Raízes de Acupe with Mestre Robinho Angoleiro || Samba de Roda Raizes de Acupe e Mestre Robinho Angoleiro || https://www.youtube.com/embed/YcN1DTLVPq8 || Documented Casa do Samba / ASSEBA Santo Amaro performance on 26 November 2011. Institutional and named community context establishes the Bahian roda; not generalized capoeira teaching. Source: Sotimer. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2012-02-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcN1DTLVPq8 Samba de Roda Raizes de Acupe e Mestre Robinho Angoleiro].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 2011-11-26 || live || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcN1DTLVPq8 Recording/context source] || Documented Casa do Samba / ASSEBA Santo Amaro performance on 26 November 2011. Institutional and named community context establishes the Bahian roda; not generalized capoeira teaching. Source: Sotimer. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="YcN1DTLVPq8" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="YcN1DTLVPq8" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="YcN1DTLVPq8" field="authentic" />
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| Raízes de Acupe || Samba de roda - raizes de acupe || https://www.youtube.com/embed/fm3_rb8Q28s || Distinct published community samba de roda performance; generic title identifies the group, with individual voices/session date uncredited. Does not establish a newly recorded 2019 studio master. Source: Gian Hilario. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2019-09-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm3_rb8Q28s Samba de roda - raizes de acupe].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || live || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm3_rb8Q28s Recording/context source] || Distinct published community samba de roda performance; generic title identifies the group, with individual voices/session date uncredited. Does not establish a newly recorded 2019 studio master. Source: Gian Hilario. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="fm3_rb8Q28s" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="fm3_rb8Q28s" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="fm3_rb8Q28s" field="authentic" />
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| Burrinha de Valentim ensemble of Acupe || Samba-corrido &#124; Acupe (Burrinha de Valentim) [1998] || https://www.youtube.com/embed/WeCDSYrlnFI || Samba-corrido recorded at Colégio Castro Alves, Acupe, on 5 July 1998. Archive notes explicitly identify the final roda portion of the Burrinha repertoire and Nelson Santos’s voice in Embolei Embolei. Other Burrinha marches are not blanket-classified here. Source: Saci Sapo. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2016-08-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeCDSYrlnFI Samba-corrido &#124; Acupe (Burrinha de Valentim) [1998]].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 1998-07-05 || audio || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeCDSYrlnFI Recording/context source] || Samba-corrido recorded at Colégio Castro Alves, Acupe, on 5 July 1998. Archive notes explicitly identify the final roda portion of the Burrinha repertoire and Nelson Santos’s voice in Embolei Embolei. Other Burrinha marches are not blanket-classified here. Source: Saci Sapo. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="WeCDSYrlnFI" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="WeCDSYrlnFI" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="WeCDSYrlnFI" field="authentic" />
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| Sapeaçu samba de roda ensemble || Samba de roda na abertura da Conferência Cultural, Sapeaçu, 02 08 13 || https://www.youtube.com/embed/vQLvdJdRx7Q || Actual musical performance at the opening of the Sapeaçu cultural conference, title dated 2 August 2013. Individual singers are uncredited; the event name alone is not a lead vocalist. Source: Tvsaj Fotografias e Vídeos. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2013-08-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQLvdJdRx7Q Samba de roda na abertura da Conferência Cultural, Sapeaçu, 02 08 13].</ref> || traditional || unknown || 2013-08-02 || live || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQLvdJdRx7Q Recording/context source] || Actual musical performance at the opening of the Sapeaçu cultural conference, title dated 2 August 2013. Individual singers are uncredited; the event name alone is not a lead vocalist. Source: Tvsaj Fotografias e Vídeos. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="vQLvdJdRx7Q" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="vQLvdJdRx7Q" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="vQLvdJdRx7Q" field="authentic" />
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| Samba Chula Filhos da Pitangueira || ✅ CD SAMBA CHULA FILHOS DA PITANGUEIRA  - SAMBA CORRIDO || https://www.youtube.com/embed/_ZsmPXiAJhs || Explicit named Samba Corrido CD track, featuring the São Francisco do Conde group and viola machete tradition. Adjacent channel lesson links are not the content of this musical track. Source: Essa Viola dá Samba &#124; Samba Chula e Viola Machete. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2021-06-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZsmPXiAJhs ✅ CD SAMBA CHULA FILHOS DA PITANGUEIRA  - SAMBA CORRIDO].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZsmPXiAJhs Recording/context source] || Explicit named Samba Corrido CD track, featuring the São Francisco do Conde group and viola machete tradition. Adjacent channel lesson links are not the content of this musical track. Source: Essa Viola dá Samba &#124; Samba Chula e Viola Machete. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="_ZsmPXiAJhs" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="_ZsmPXiAJhs" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="_ZsmPXiAJhs" field="authentic" />
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| Samba Chula Filhos da Pitangueira || ✅ CD SAMBA CHULA FILHOS DA PITANGUEIRA - FAIXA 03 SEMENTE DO SAMBA (ZECA AFONSO) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/2VccouK_M6M || Semente do Samba, album track 3 credited to Zeca Afonso. Group performers retained, composer not silently substituted as sole voice. Distinct from track 4 and Samba Corrido. Source: Essa Viola dá Samba &#124; Samba Chula e Viola Machete. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2021-05-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VccouK_M6M ✅ CD SAMBA CHULA FILHOS DA PITANGUEIRA - FAIXA 03 SEMENTE DO SAMBA (ZECA AFONSO)].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VccouK_M6M Recording/context source] || Semente do Samba, album track 3 credited to Zeca Afonso. Group performers retained, composer not silently substituted as sole voice. Distinct from track 4 and Samba Corrido. Source: Essa Viola dá Samba &#124; Samba Chula e Viola Machete. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="2VccouK_M6M" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="2VccouK_M6M" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="2VccouK_M6M" field="authentic" />
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| Samba Chula Filhos da Pitangueira || ✅ CD SAMBA CHULA FILHOS DA PITANGUEIRA - FAIXA 04 - CHEGUEI DA CACHOEIRA (ZECA AFONSO) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/OlSyG4fOJhM || Cheguei da Cachoeira, album track 4, credited to Zeca Afonso and explicitly identified as the traditional São Francisco do Conde group. Tutorial recommendations in caption do not make this a lesson. Source: Essa Viola dá Samba &#124; Samba Chula e Viola Machete. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2021-05-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlSyG4fOJhM ✅ CD SAMBA CHULA FILHOS DA PITANGUEIRA - FAIXA 04 - CHEGUEI DA CACHOEIRA (ZECA AFONSO)].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || country:Brazil || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlSyG4fOJhM Recording/context source] || Cheguei da Cachoeira, album track 4, credited to Zeca Afonso and explicitly identified as the traditional São Francisco do Conde group. Tutorial recommendations in caption do not make this a lesson. Source: Essa Viola dá Samba &#124; Samba Chula e Viola Machete. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. || <muglobe-flag video="OlSyG4fOJhM" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="OlSyG4fOJhM" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="OlSyG4fOJhM" field="authentic" />
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== Hotspot mushrooms ==
== Hotspot mushrooms ==
A dense Recôncavo musical landscape spans towns and rural communities; lighter extension expresses Bahian continuity without making the whole country a heritage polygon.


These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.
Keep a strong connected Recôncavo core within weaker statewide continuity. Retain prior southern adopted scenes; the 2024 wider framing does not justify an equally strong state-sized field.
 
The fields express editorial judgments about relative musical affinity and reach, not measured audience shares. Radius is the zero edge of a linear fade; same-genre overlaps combine by maximum.


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{| class="wikitable muglobe-hotspots"
|+ MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms
|+ MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms
! ID !! Location !! Latitude !! Longitude !! Radius (km) !! Strength !! Notes
! ID !! Location !! Latitude !! Longitude !! Radius (km) !! Strength !! Notes
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| samba-de-roda-reconcavo || Recôncavo of Bahia and Bay of All Saints || -12.55 || -38.9 || 260 || 1 || Connected sambador communities and countryside around the bay.
| samba-de-roda-reconcavo || Recôncavo town-and-countryside samba communities || -12.6 || -38.85 || 260 || 0.88 || Santo Amaro, Cachoeira, São Félix, Saubara and connecting communities retain a strong shared landscape.
 
|-
|-
| samba-de-roda-bahia || Broader Bahian samba de roda continuity || -12.9 || -39.4 || 610 || 0.58 || Statewide related practices and movement beyond the best-documented core.
| samba-de-roda-bahia || Wider Bahian samba-de-roda continuities || -12.9 || -40 || 850 || 0.37 || Statewide scope with a lower background; no uniform dominance implied.
 
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Summary

Samba de roda joins singing, instrumental playing and dance in a circle, with a particularly strong cultural identity in Bahia. The roda is a social arrangement: people respond, clap, take a turn dancing and recognise one another through performance. It can be attached to a celebration or arise within ordinary sociability. The label covers local variants rather than an invariant folkloric routine. Communities around the Recôncavo have maintained distinctive relationships between verse, rhythm, dance and instruments, including the small viola machete. [1]

Contemporary and trending

Samba de roda is living practice across Bahia, with especially dense Recôncavo communities. The 2024 revalidation broadened the territorial framing; the Recôncavo should remain a major concentration rather than be mistaken for an exhaustive boundary. In a July 2025 Rádio USP programme, Almir Côrtes and Júlio Caldas discussed the viola machete and its cyclical figures, connecting instrumental knowledge with current work. [2] [3]

History

Bahian samba de roda grew from the history of African-descended communities within a society shaped by slavery, plantation work, trade and Catholic and African-derived religious life. Portuguese-language verse and plucked strings entered this cultural formation alongside African-derived musical and bodily practices. The Recôncavo, surrounding the Bay of All Saints, became a particularly dense landscape. Migration helped bring Bahian forms into conversation with emerging urban samba in Rio. This relationship does not make today’s Bahian communities relics of a style whose real history supposedly happened elsewhere. [4]

Musical characteristics

Chula, corrido and local names

In the chula pattern described by Iphan, the principal singers finish their verse before the central dancer enters the instrumental passage. Corrido commonly combines short alternating solo/chorus exchanges with simultaneous dancing. Cachoeira’s barravento terminology and the machete associated with Santo Amaro illustrate local variation. These distinctions explain participation; they are not a universal rulebook for every roda or an exhaustive taxonomy of Bahian samba. Instruments, gendered roles and arrangements vary by community. [5]

Geography and communities

Santo Amaro, Cachoeira, São Félix, Saubara and other communities are parts of an interconnected Recôncavo landscape. A field centred between them expresses that relationship better than isolated dots around municipal centres. Salvador and adjacent Bahian territories connect through movement, family and performance, while the state’s samba diversity exceeds the original heritage title. The map uses a strong Recôncavo core with a lighter broad Bahian continuation. It avoids labelling all Brazilian samba de roda as identical to these documented traditions, or treating diaspora performance as proof of equal local density.

Artists

Dona Dalva, Dona Edith do Prato and Dona Nicinha illustrate the authority of women in maintaining and presenting Bahian samba. Groups associated with communities, families and local mestres are equally useful listening guides. Recordings featuring viola machete reveal a timbral world that a generic percussion showcase can miss. Mariene de Castro and other professional interpreters can introduce wider audiences to Bahian repertoires, but their stage work should be heard alongside community ensembles. Credits to a single singer do not exhaust the authorship, memory or labour of a roda.

Representative performances

These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.

MuGlobe listening profile
Repertoire Field use Notes
traditional regional Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates.
MuGlobe representative performances
Artist Performance / song / title Embedded player URL Notes Repertoire kind Repertoire date Recording date Format Opening Places Fit Evidence Review note MuGlobe favorite Current hit Authentic
Samba Chula de São Braz Samba chula in São Braz, Bahia https://www.youtube.com/embed/IhE_zFJEfbM A performance excerpt from Jorge Pacoa's documentary Samba de Roda na Palma da Mão, recorded in São Braz. It illustrates the chula strand of Bahian samba de roda in its local setting, rather than a Rio carnival-school arrangement.[6] unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims. false false false
Samba de Roda Suerdieck / Samba de Dona Dalva Samba de Roda de D. Dalva https://www.youtube.com/embed/-0LO6cBrRYY The group’s own publication documents its Bahian samba de roda, adding Dona Dalva’s community ensemble to the São Braz chula example.[7] unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Legacy accepted recording retained during curation-field migration; no new age or geographic claims. false false false
Samba Chula de São Braz with João do Boi and Alumínio João do Boi - Samba Chula de São Braz Womex 2010 ao vivo https://www.youtube.com/embed/qNlWxGij7gM Identified Womex stage performance, Copenhagen 2010, of the Bahian group. The caption names João do Boi and his brother Alumínio; Tadeu Mascarenhas is recordist/editor. Bahian repertoire scope, not Danish scene-origin. Source: Homenagem ao Samba Chula João do Boi . Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2016-09-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[8] traditional unknown 2010 live unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Identified Womex stage performance, Copenhagen 2010, of the Bahian group. The caption names João do Boi and his brother Alumínio; Tadeu Mascarenhas is recordist/editor. Bahian repertoire scope, not Danish scene-origin. Source: Homenagem ao Samba Chula João do Boi . Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Samba Chula de São Braz Samba Chula de São Braz, de Santo Amaro, no projeto "Cultura em Campo", no MAM-BA https://www.youtube.com/embed/5Q2IAL8vZ1Q Named Santo Amaro group performing at Cultura em Campo, MAM Bahia, 16 June 2013. Other artists listed for later festival dates are not this recording performers. Source: Daniel Froes. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2013-06-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[9] traditional unknown 2013-06-16 live unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Named Santo Amaro group performing at Cultura em Campo, MAM Bahia, 16 June 2013. Other artists listed for later festival dates are not this recording performers. Source: Daniel Froes. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Samba Chula de São Braz VI Mostra do Samba de Roda de Saubara: Grupo de Samba Chula de São Braz https://www.youtube.com/embed/TSBKnCPMU48 VI Mostra do Samba de Roda de Saubara performance by the explicitly identified Bahian chula group. One complete programme counts once; no matching excerpts selected. Source: Chegança Fragata Brasileira. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2021-03-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[10] traditional unknown unknown live unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source VI Mostra do Samba de Roda de Saubara performance by the explicitly identified Bahian chula group. One complete programme counts once; no matching excerpts selected. Source: Chegança Fragata Brasileira. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Samba Chula de São Braz Apresentação do grupo Samba Chula de São Braz na Casa da Mãe (Rio Vermelho) https://www.youtube.com/embed/CusmAFqi48A Focused Casa da Mãe, Rio Vermelho performance identified in the title. Mestra Zélia do Prato is the publishing channel, not automatically an additional singer credit. Source: Mestra Zélia do Prato. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2018-09-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[11] traditional unknown unknown live unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Focused Casa da Mãe, Rio Vermelho performance identified in the title. Mestra Zélia do Prato is the publishing channel, not automatically an additional singer credit. Source: Mestra Zélia do Prato. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Samba Chula Poder do Samba Grupo Samba Chula Poder do Samba no Festival d´ Gente. São Francisco do Conde, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/embed/uNlJQT_b28Q Group-owned musical performance at Festival d’Gente, São Francisco do Conde, explicitly dated 2021. Source: Samba Chula Poder do Samba. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2021-07-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[12] traditional unknown 2021 live unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Group-owned musical performance at Festival d’Gente, São Francisco do Conde, explicitly dated 2021. Source: Samba Chula Poder do Samba. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Samba de Roda de Dona Dalva with Mestra Ana Festival de Samba de Roda de Cachoeira https://www.youtube.com/embed/NW5MKzHFBFU Primary group account explicitly names Mestra Ana as voice and identifies sambadeiras and sambadores. Festival at Caixa Cultural Salvador, 1–4 December 2016; exact day unspecified. Source: Samba de Roda de D. Dalva. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2016-12-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[13] traditional unknown 2016-12 live unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Primary group account explicitly names Mestra Ana as voice and identifies sambadeiras and sambadores. Festival at Caixa Cultural Salvador, 1–4 December 2016; exact day unspecified. Source: Samba de Roda de D. Dalva. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Samba de Roda de Dona Dalva and Suerdieck family ensemble Maria Tereza https://www.youtube.com/embed/LPw5NQyPvqA Maria Tereza is the grandmother commemorated by Dona Dalva’s composition, not the current vocalist. The primary caption identifies a family and sambador anniversary performance in Cachoeira. 2026 upload does not alone establish the session year. Source: Samba de Roda de D. Dalva. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2026-02-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[14] traditional unknown unknown live unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Maria Tereza is the grandmother commemorated by Dona Dalva’s composition, not the current vocalist. The primary caption identifies a family and sambador anniversary performance in Cachoeira. 2026 upload does not alone establish the session year. Source: Samba de Roda de D. Dalva. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Nicinha & Raízes de Santo Amaro Samba de Nicinha https://www.youtube.com/embed/TJif5GvdmX8 Samba de Nicinha, named group studio track from its 2012 album. Maria Eunice Martins Luz is Nicinha’s credited civil name, not an extra singer. Distributor publication in 2018 is separate from the 2012 release. Source: Nicinha & Raízes de Santo Amaro - Topic. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2018-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[15] traditional unknown unknown audio unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Samba de Nicinha, named group studio track from its 2012 album. Maria Eunice Martins Luz is Nicinha’s credited civil name, not an extra singer. Distributor publication in 2018 is separate from the 2012 release. Source: Nicinha & Raízes de Santo Amaro - Topic. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Nicinha & Raízes de Santo Amaro Ô Dona Nicinha https://www.youtube.com/embed/LQr9GdwJ5c8 Ô Dona Nicinha, distinct named track from the group’s 2012 album. Distributor strings also name Maria Eunice Martins Luz and Alumínio; not treating every songwriter field as an additional current vocalist. Source: Nicinha & Raízes de Santo Amaro - Topic. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2018-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[16] traditional unknown unknown audio unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Ô Dona Nicinha, distinct named track from the group’s 2012 album. Distributor strings also name Maria Eunice Martins Luz and Alumínio; not treating every songwriter field as an additional current vocalist. Source: Nicinha & Raízes de Santo Amaro - Topic. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Nicinha & Raízes de Santo Amaro Samba de Viola https://www.youtube.com/embed/T8lv-XC9NZQ Samba de Viola, a short complete named album track rather than a promotional excerpt. Same 2012 album, different music from Samba de Nicinha and Ô Dona Nicinha. Source: Nicinha & Raízes de Santo Amaro - Topic. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2018-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[17] traditional unknown unknown audio unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Samba de Viola, a short complete named album track rather than a promotional excerpt. Same 2012 album, different music from Samba de Nicinha and Ô Dona Nicinha. Source: Nicinha & Raízes de Santo Amaro - Topic. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Nicinha & Raízes de Santo Amaro Samba Corrido https://www.youtube.com/embed/g-nOCg4GxYc Samba Corrido, distinct named 2012 album work in the Santo Amaro samba de roda repertoire. Not a generic capoeira or Rio pagode import. Source: Nicinha & Raízes de Santo Amaro - Topic. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2018-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[18] traditional unknown unknown audio unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Samba Corrido, distinct named 2012 album work in the Santo Amaro samba de roda repertoire. Not a generic capoeira or Rio pagode import. Source: Nicinha & Raízes de Santo Amaro - Topic. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Dona Nicinha & Raízes de Santo Amaro Dona Nicinha Raízes de Santo Amaro em BH 2016 https://www.youtube.com/embed/aLAfm-9vkwg Group-published performance at I Encontro de Sambadeiras de BH in March 2016. Event organizers, photographers and video editors are not credited as singers. Bahian repertoire performed in Minas Gerais. Source: Grupo Nicinha Raizes da Santo Amaro. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2016-04-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[19] traditional unknown 2016-03 live unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Group-published performance at I Encontro de Sambadeiras de BH in March 2016. Event organizers, photographers and video editors are not credited as singers. Bahian repertoire performed in Minas Gerais. Source: Grupo Nicinha Raizes da Santo Amaro. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Raízes de Acupe GRUPO DE SAMBA RAÍZES DE ACUPE https://www.youtube.com/embed/FI0Emb2JR2Y Group performance at Praça Renato Leone, Acupe de Santo Amaro, 19 June 2011, specifically documented by the local publisher. Recordist Felipe Argôlo is not substituted for the musicians. Source: AndreFelipeRA. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2011-07-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[20] traditional unknown 2011-06-19 live unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Group performance at Praça Renato Leone, Acupe de Santo Amaro, 19 June 2011, specifically documented by the local publisher. Recordist Felipe Argôlo is not substituted for the musicians. Source: AndreFelipeRA. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Raízes de Acupe Raizes de Acupe na I Mostra de Samba de Roda de Saubara - 22 de Março https://www.youtube.com/embed/YnHvMR1rCpo Identified group’s musical appearance at I Mostra de Samba de Roda de Saubara, 22 March, published April 2013. Distinct venue/event from the 2011 Acupe and Casa do Samba performances. Source: OIA FILMES. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2013-04-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[21] traditional unknown unknown live unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Identified group’s musical appearance at I Mostra de Samba de Roda de Saubara, 22 March, published April 2013. Distinct venue/event from the 2011 Acupe and Casa do Samba performances. Source: OIA FILMES. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Raízes de Acupe Samba de Roda Raízes de Acupe, Santo Amaro, Bahia https://www.youtube.com/embed/HQQFh5yfWh0 Focused performance explicitly identified as Samba de Roda Raízes de Acupe, Santo Amaro Bahia. Session date unknown; 2020 is publication only. Source: Bahia dos Meus Sonhos. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2020-04-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[22] traditional unknown unknown live unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Focused performance explicitly identified as Samba de Roda Raízes de Acupe, Santo Amaro Bahia. Session date unknown; 2020 is publication only. Source: Bahia dos Meus Sonhos. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Raízes de Acupe with Mestre Robinho Angoleiro Samba de Roda Raizes de Acupe e Mestre Robinho Angoleiro https://www.youtube.com/embed/YcN1DTLVPq8 Documented Casa do Samba / ASSEBA Santo Amaro performance on 26 November 2011. Institutional and named community context establishes the Bahian roda; not generalized capoeira teaching. Source: Sotimer. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2012-02-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[23] traditional unknown 2011-11-26 live unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Documented Casa do Samba / ASSEBA Santo Amaro performance on 26 November 2011. Institutional and named community context establishes the Bahian roda; not generalized capoeira teaching. Source: Sotimer. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Raízes de Acupe Samba de roda - raizes de acupe https://www.youtube.com/embed/fm3_rb8Q28s Distinct published community samba de roda performance; generic title identifies the group, with individual voices/session date uncredited. Does not establish a newly recorded 2019 studio master. Source: Gian Hilario. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2019-09-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[24] traditional unknown unknown live unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Distinct published community samba de roda performance; generic title identifies the group, with individual voices/session date uncredited. Does not establish a newly recorded 2019 studio master. Source: Gian Hilario. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Burrinha de Valentim ensemble of Acupe Samba-corrido | Acupe (Burrinha de Valentim) [1998] https://www.youtube.com/embed/WeCDSYrlnFI Samba-corrido recorded at Colégio Castro Alves, Acupe, on 5 July 1998. Archive notes explicitly identify the final roda portion of the Burrinha repertoire and Nelson Santos’s voice in Embolei Embolei. Other Burrinha marches are not blanket-classified here. Source: Saci Sapo. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2016-08-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[25] traditional unknown 1998-07-05 audio unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Samba-corrido recorded at Colégio Castro Alves, Acupe, on 5 July 1998. Archive notes explicitly identify the final roda portion of the Burrinha repertoire and Nelson Santos’s voice in Embolei Embolei. Other Burrinha marches are not blanket-classified here. Source: Saci Sapo. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Sapeaçu samba de roda ensemble Samba de roda na abertura da Conferência Cultural, Sapeaçu, 02 08 13 https://www.youtube.com/embed/vQLvdJdRx7Q Actual musical performance at the opening of the Sapeaçu cultural conference, title dated 2 August 2013. Individual singers are uncredited; the event name alone is not a lead vocalist. Source: Tvsaj Fotografias e Vídeos. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2013-08-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[26] traditional unknown 2013-08-02 live unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Actual musical performance at the opening of the Sapeaçu cultural conference, title dated 2 August 2013. Individual singers are uncredited; the event name alone is not a lead vocalist. Source: Tvsaj Fotografias e Vídeos. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Samba Chula Filhos da Pitangueira ✅ CD SAMBA CHULA FILHOS DA PITANGUEIRA - SAMBA CORRIDO https://www.youtube.com/embed/_ZsmPXiAJhs Explicit named Samba Corrido CD track, featuring the São Francisco do Conde group and viola machete tradition. Adjacent channel lesson links are not the content of this musical track. Source: Essa Viola dá Samba | Samba Chula e Viola Machete. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2021-06-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[27] traditional unknown unknown audio unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Explicit named Samba Corrido CD track, featuring the São Francisco do Conde group and viola machete tradition. Adjacent channel lesson links are not the content of this musical track. Source: Essa Viola dá Samba | Samba Chula e Viola Machete. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Samba Chula Filhos da Pitangueira ✅ CD SAMBA CHULA FILHOS DA PITANGUEIRA - FAIXA 03 SEMENTE DO SAMBA (ZECA AFONSO) https://www.youtube.com/embed/2VccouK_M6M Semente do Samba, album track 3 credited to Zeca Afonso. Group performers retained, composer not silently substituted as sole voice. Distinct from track 4 and Samba Corrido. Source: Essa Viola dá Samba | Samba Chula e Viola Machete. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2021-05-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[28] traditional unknown unknown audio unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Semente do Samba, album track 3 credited to Zeca Afonso. Group performers retained, composer not silently substituted as sole voice. Distinct from track 4 and Samba Corrido. Source: Essa Viola dá Samba | Samba Chula e Viola Machete. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false
Samba Chula Filhos da Pitangueira ✅ CD SAMBA CHULA FILHOS DA PITANGUEIRA - FAIXA 04 - CHEGUEI DA CACHOEIRA (ZECA AFONSO) https://www.youtube.com/embed/OlSyG4fOJhM Cheguei da Cachoeira, album track 4, credited to Zeca Afonso and explicitly identified as the traditional São Francisco do Conde group. Tutorial recommendations in caption do not make this a lesson. Source: Essa Viola dá Samba | Samba Chula e Viola Machete. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. Video publication: 2021-05-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[29] traditional unknown unknown audio unknown country:Brazil supported Recording/context source Cheguei da Cachoeira, album track 4, credited to Zeca Afonso and explicitly identified as the traditional São Francisco do Conde group. Tutorial recommendations in caption do not make this a lesson. Source: Essa Viola dá Samba | Samba Chula e Viola Machete. Video publication is separate from original/session date; unknown dates retained. false false false

Related genres

Samba chula and samba corrido are internal distinctions rather than separate national commercial genres in this catalogue. Rio samba, partido alto and pagode have historical connections but different social trajectories. Capoeira events and religious celebrations may share practitioners or musical material without making samba de roda a synonym for capoeira music or worship. The relation to other Bahian practices is best explored through particular communities. Listeners should notice who sings, when the dancer enters and how the response changes, rather than looking only for a fixed drum rhythm.

References and further reading

  1. ↑ Samba de Roda of the Recôncavo of Bahia — UNESCO.
  2. ↑ Iphan, Samba de roda registration and 2024 revalidation. Access note: Substantial indexed institutional description; direct full page failed. Inherited research checkpoint; relevant passages rechecked where available on takeover.
  3. ↑ Rádio USP, Revoredo 194: O som da viola machete, 17 July 2025. Access note: Written programme account read; one-hour audio not auditioned. Do not repeat imprecise heritage-law wording. Inherited research checkpoint; relevant passages rechecked where available on takeover.
  4. ↑ Samba de Roda do Estado da Bahia — Iphan Bem Brasileiro.
  5. ↑ Iphan SICG, Samba de Roda do Recôncavo Baiano. Access note: Relevant full public text read again on takeover, 22 October 2026.
  6. ↑ Samba Chula de São Braz — Samba chula in São Braz, Bahia. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  7. ↑ Samba de Roda Suerdieck / Samba de Dona Dalva — Samba de Roda de D. Dalva. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  8. ↑ João do Boi - Samba Chula de São Braz Womex 2010 ao vivo.
  9. ↑ Samba Chula de São Braz, de Santo Amaro, no projeto "Cultura em Campo", no MAM-BA.
  10. ↑ VI Mostra do Samba de Roda de Saubara: Grupo de Samba Chula de São Braz.
  11. ↑ Apresentação do grupo Samba Chula de São Braz na Casa da Mãe (Rio Vermelho).
  12. ↑ Grupo Samba Chula Poder do Samba no Festival d´ Gente. São Francisco do Conde, 2021.
  13. ↑ Festival de Samba de Roda de Cachoeira.
  14. ↑ Maria Tereza.
  15. ↑ Samba de Nicinha.
  16. ↑ Ô Dona Nicinha.
  17. ↑ Samba de Viola.
  18. ↑ Samba Corrido.
  19. ↑ Dona Nicinha Raízes de Santo Amaro em BH 2016.
  20. ↑ GRUPO DE SAMBA RAÍZES DE ACUPE.
  21. ↑ Raizes de Acupe na I Mostra de Samba de Roda de Saubara - 22 de Março.
  22. ↑ Samba de Roda Raízes de Acupe, Santo Amaro, Bahia.
  23. ↑ Samba de Roda Raizes de Acupe e Mestre Robinho Angoleiro.
  24. ↑ Samba de roda - raizes de acupe.
  25. ↑ Samba-corrido | Acupe (Burrinha de Valentim) [1998].
  26. ↑ Samba de roda na abertura da Conferência Cultural, Sapeaçu, 02 08 13.
  27. ↑ ✅ CD SAMBA CHULA FILHOS DA PITANGUEIRA - SAMBA CORRIDO.
  28. ↑ ✅ CD SAMBA CHULA FILHOS DA PITANGUEIRA - FAIXA 03 SEMENTE DO SAMBA (ZECA AFONSO).
  29. ↑ ✅ CD SAMBA CHULA FILHOS DA PITANGUEIRA - FAIXA 04 - CHEGUEI DA CACHOEIRA (ZECA AFONSO).

Hotspot mushrooms

Keep a strong connected Recôncavo core within weaker statewide continuity. Retain prior southern adopted scenes; the 2024 wider framing does not justify an equally strong state-sized field.

The fields express editorial judgments about relative musical affinity and reach, not measured audience shares. Radius is the zero edge of a linear fade; same-genre overlaps combine by maximum.

MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms
ID Location Latitude Longitude Radius (km) Strength Notes
samba-de-roda-reconcavo Recôncavo town-and-countryside samba communities -12.6 -38.85 260 0.88 Santo Amaro, Cachoeira, São Félix, Saubara and connecting communities retain a strong shared landscape.
samba-de-roda-bahia Wider Bahian samba-de-roda continuities -12.9 -40 850 0.37 Statewide scope with a lower background; no uniform dominance implied.
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