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Cururu cuiabano

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Summary

Cururu cuiabano is a musical, poetic and devotional practice of the Baixada Cuiabana and connected upper Paraguay-basin communities. Viola de cocho, scraped percussion, singing and the participants’ arrangement in a circle give it a distinctive character. Verses can praise saints, remember shared experience or develop a challenge through improvisation. The term cururu also exists elsewhere in Brazil, so the Cuiabano qualifier matters. This article concerns a particular regional world in which instrument craft, sung prayer and community gatherings remain intertwined, rather than a generic national rhyme contest. [1]

Contemporary and trending

Iphan’s May 2026 programme announces the 17th Festival de Siriri e Cururu in Cuiabá. Cururu’s devotional and poetic exchanges remain distinct from siriri’s dance organization, even when both share a festival stage. A specific safeguarding plan for Mato Grosso do Sul additionally treats viola de cocho, cururu and siriri as a connected cultural complex, supporting a wider upper-Paraguay-basin perspective. [2] [3]

History

The region’s practices developed through colonial religious encounters, Indigenous and African-descended participation, settlement and river-based social worlds. Broad claims of one pure origin cannot explain the resulting form. The viola de cocho became embedded in local festive and devotional life, its making passing through experienced craftspeople. Cururu and siriri developed related but different functions within this complex. Urban growth and migration later changed where events took place and how practitioners organised. Heritage attention to instrument-making acknowledges this wider cultural setting rather than treating the viola as an isolated museum object. [4]

Musical characteristics

Viola de cocho has a resonant carved wooden body and a timbre unlike the brighter paired-course viola caipira. The ganzá in this regional context refers to a scraped instrument, so the name should not automatically suggest a shaker. Instruments support sung phrases and the cycle of exchange among participants. Improvised verse requires memory, rhyme and attention to ceremonial context. Traditional participation has often been male, though public representation and teaching can change roles. Listening to how a verse meets the instrumental pulse helps reveal the practice’s particular balance of continuity and invention.

Geography and communities

Cuiabá, Várzea Grande, Santo Antônio de Leverger, Poconé and neighbouring river communities belong to a continuous Baixada landscape. Cáceres and the Pantanal connect to a larger upper Paraguay-basin musical world extending toward Mato Grosso do Sul. The map uses a strong Baixada field and a lighter basin continuation rather than isolated bubbles at Cuiabá, Poconé and Corumbá. Their differences still matter, so the broader field does not claim uniform repertoire. It makes visible shared ecological, social and musical connections that city-only data would obscure.

Artists

Cururueiros, viola makers and local community groups are the most appropriate artist gateways. Masters who teach both making and playing carry knowledge that a singer-only credit would miss. Lourenço da Guia is one documented regional craft-teaching reference, while family and neighbourhood circles sustain a much wider practice. Seek performances credited to their community and occasion rather than expect one nationally definitive star. Comparing an informal sung exchange, a devotional gathering and a festival excerpt helps show how space and purpose alter delivery without reducing the tradition to a staged dance.

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
Vinício e Gildo Cururu cuiabano — cururueiros do Coxipó https://www.youtube.com/embed/vizexUdg6q8 A short direct cururu performance credited to Vinício and Gildo in the uploader's description; useful for hearing the singing and accompaniment without a documentary narration.[5] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. false false false
Grupo de Cururueiros Tronco de Aroeira Cururueiro Tronco de Aroeira https://www.youtube.com/embed/l6O5UoLPz8w Community performance by the group identified in the description as coming from Santo Antônio do Leverger, recorded during a surprise visit to José Roque. A locally situated example of cururu rather than a rock adaptation.[6] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. false false false
Cururueiros and viola-de-cocho makers of Várzea Grande (individual performers uncredited) O som da raiz https://www.youtube.com/embed/wTC0jmykXnU A documentary about Várzea Grande's viola-de-cocho makers and cururu practitioners, specifically identified by IPHAN. It is contextual documentation with discussion and musical excerpts, not an uninterrupted cururu performance; the named production team is not substituted for the community musicians.[7] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. false false false
Cão do Mato with Pescuma, Thomas Flaviano and Grupo de Cururu do Coxipó Rock do Mato https://www.youtube.com/embed/rkws1DS0Qmc A deliberately hybrid rock video that includes viola de cocho and a performance by the Coxipó cururu group, as documented by IPHAN. It shows contemporary collaboration involving the tradition and should not be heard as a conventional cururu circle.[8] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown pending Existing recording Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved. false false false
Cururueiros of Varginha at the Santa Gertrudes feast (individual musicians uncredited) Festa de Santa Gertrudes, Varginha, Santo Antônio Leverger - 09/02/2024. https://www.youtube.com/embed/qPSq3-Y7O-8 Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Cururu Tradição. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2024-02-09. Video publication: 2024-02-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[9] traditional unknown 2024-02-09 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Cururu Tradição. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2024-02-09. false false false
Adelino and Jhordann cururu Cuiabá MT, Adelino e Jhordann. https://www.youtube.com/embed/EwrCdHWPHxM Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: edenilcorrea. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-09-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[10] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: edenilcorrea. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Cururueiros of Cuiabá (individual musicians uncredited; published by Edenil) Cuiabá MT cururu Cuiabáno 2023 https://www.youtube.com/embed/v6YyRubYQAk Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: edenilcorrea. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2023-09-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[11] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: edenilcorrea. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Cururueiros of Corumbá (individual musicians uncredited; Fundação de Cultura de Mato Grosso do Sul archive) Cururu em Corumbá (1985) https://www.youtube.com/embed/B65YpJQltPc Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: 🌸 estúdio duo chipa 🌸. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1985. 1985Corumbá archive of viola-de-cocho/ganzá cururu; preserve actual ensemble uncredited rather than naming booklet illustrators or recording engineers as musicians. Video publication: 2023-02-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[12] traditional unknown 1985 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: 🌸 estúdio duo chipa 🌸. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 1985. 1985Corumbá archive of viola-de-cocho/ganzá cururu; preserve actual ensemble uncredited rather than naming booklet illustrators or recording engineers as musicians. false false false
Cururueiros at the Santo Antônio do Leverger feast (individual musicians uncredited) CURURU - FESTA DE SANTO ANTÔNIO 2022 - LEVERGER MT. https://www.youtube.com/embed/rihIqbhmtTg Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: PEDRO ELIZEU PINTO "E aí Tudo Verde?". Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2022-07-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[13] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: PEDRO ELIZEU PINTO "E aí Tudo Verde?". Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Aquino do Mangueiral and José Rodolfo Carvalho Cururu na casa de Maria Carvalho em Extraíra/Varginha - MT. https://www.youtube.com/embed/hjL2FRbSu5k Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: José Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual AquinoDoMangueiral and JoséRodolfoCarvalho, singing in Extraíra/Varginha on Sunday morning. Video publication: 2021-08-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[14] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: José Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual AquinoDoMangueiral and JoséRodolfoCarvalho, singing in Extraíra/Varginha on Sunday morning. false false false
Cururueiros at Dona Ana’s feast, Jardim Glória, Várzea Grande (individual musicians uncredited) CURURU TRADIÇÃO DE MT https://www.youtube.com/embed/T46IsEeRSWg Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: pantaneiro Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2020-11-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[15] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: pantaneiro Music. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Grupo de Cururu Tradição Cuiabana do Coxipó GRUPO DE CURURU TRADICAO CUIABA COXIPO https://www.youtube.com/embed/B8lhnR9Vt_4 Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Cine Teatro Cuiabá. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Community cururu performance published by CineTeatroCuiabá; accompanying association history does not substitute narrators for musicians. Video publication: 2020-09-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[16] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Cine Teatro Cuiabá. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Community cururu performance published by CineTeatroCuiabá; accompanying association history does not substitute narrators for musicians. false false false
Cuiabano cururueiros performing Esmola de Nossa Senhora (individual musicians uncredited; published by Vinício Gonçalves) Cururu cuiabano https://www.youtube.com/embed/0nt0DSDk9ik Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Vinicio Gonçalves. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2019-11-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[17] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Vinicio Gonçalves. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
José Rodolfo Carvalho and Tio Calu Cururu Santo Antônio do Leverger MT https://www.youtube.com/embed/hG_ZPoTm8T0 Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: José Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2019-10-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[18] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: José Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Cururueiros of the Poço community at Tio Ataíde’s feast (individual musicians uncredited) Festa de São Benedito na casa de Tio Ataíde na comunidade Poço.(1) https://www.youtube.com/embed/7jePeXX_7aM Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: José Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2019-10-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[19] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: José Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Dodô de Varginha and Totó de Mimoso Cururu na festa de Santo Antônio https://www.youtube.com/embed/at_aNNENtjs Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: José Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2019-06-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[20] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: José Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
José Rodolfo Carvalho and Firmino Cururu na festa de Sr. Divino da Família Sales https://www.youtube.com/embed/v96LXLnzzNM Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: José Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2019-06-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[21] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: José Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
José Rodolfo (Dodô) de Varginha and Vitor de Mutuca Cururu no Rio dos Couros https://www.youtube.com/embed/2bUaKC5mI9s Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: José Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2019-04-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[22] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: José Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Grupo de Cururu Tradição Cuiabana cururu tradiçao cuianaba https://www.youtube.com/embed/UZjPpeOssbE Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: cururu siriri. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-07-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[23] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: cururu siriri. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Seo Dito Verde Seo Dito Verde, Pantanal Porto Cercado, viola de cocho https://www.youtube.com/embed/u35PcvICk-w Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Luis D. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-07-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[24] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Luis D. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Cururueiros performing the Reza de São Gonçalo (individual musicians uncredited) Cururu matogrossense ! Reza de São Gonçalo https://www.youtube.com/embed/juow1sc_w8c Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: João Pedro Campos. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2018-01-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[25] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: João Pedro Campos. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Mané and Vitôr — Cururueiros da Mutuca Cururu - Cantam Mané e Vitôr. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wz4Y9TDPgVs Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2017-10-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[26] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
José Rodolfo Carvalho and Vitôr Cururu - José Rodolfo e Vitôr. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y0tDCsg4sbg Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual JoséRodolfo and Vitôr perform a toada of the late Aniceto; Aniceto is the repertoire source, not a living performer in this clip. Video publication: 2017-10-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[27] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual JoséRodolfo and Vitôr perform a toada of the late Aniceto; Aniceto is the repertoire source, not a living performer in this clip. false false false
José Rodolfo Carvalho and Vitôr Festa de São Gonçalo e São Benedito em Taquaralzinho (Valo Verde) https://www.youtube.com/embed/hhRz2Bgf7Lo Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2017-10-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[28] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Jacinto and Vitôr — Cururueiros of Valo Verde Festa de São Pedro em Valo Verde - Leverger. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YEzZovSZjZI Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2017-07-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[29] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Rodolfo Carvalho. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Francisco Leite Moreira (Chico Coelho) and the Leverger cururu circle Cururu tradição de Leverger Francisco Leite Moreira ( Chico Coelho) https://www.youtube.com/embed/i_D8VVpwtNo Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Josyas Frannça. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2016-11-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[30] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Josyas Frannça. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Grupo de Cururueiros Tronco de Aroeira de Mimoso GRUPO DE CURURUCA TRONCO DE AROEIRA DE MIMOSO SANTO ANTÔNIO DO LEVERGER https://www.youtube.com/embed/WdS_JbdttKw Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Turismo Rural - MT - Geraldo Lucio . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2015-12-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[31] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Turismo Rural - MT - Geraldo Lucio . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Cururueiros at Valeriano and Maria’s São Gonçalo/São Benedito festivities (individual musicians uncredited) FESTA DE SÃO GONÇALO E SÃO BENEDITO 2015 https://www.youtube.com/embed/7g6IGVY63Qg Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Laurão. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2015-07-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[32] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Laurão. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Cururueiros of Nossa Senhora do Livramento (individual musicians uncredited) Cururu na Festa de São Benedito em N. S. do Livramento-MT, 01 maio 2015 https://www.youtube.com/embed/-MB0bCQj59k Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Selo Mundo Melhor. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2015-05-01. Video publication: 2015-05-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[33] traditional unknown 2015-05-01 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Selo Mundo Melhor. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2015-05-01. false false false
Pedro Ponce, Athanázio Mendes, Catarino Mendes and fellow cururueiros Video da Festa de São Pedro - Comunidade do Zé Alves - Poconé MT https://www.youtube.com/embed/Vd2y_Wqv5So Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: nelsonramao. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2012-07-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[34] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: nelsonramao. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Cururueiros at the Poconé festivities (individual musicians uncredited) Festa em Poconé 27/11/2011 - Cururu.AVI https://www.youtube.com/embed/5q95NVkYOa8 Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Leonel Alcântara. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2011-11-27. Video publication: 2011-11-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[35] traditional unknown 2011-11-27 unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Leonel Alcântara. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2011-11-27. false false false
Cururueiros of Cuiabá (individual musicians uncredited; published by Dainir Feguri) CURURU CUIABANO https://www.youtube.com/embed/yZWf5ev6c4M Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: DAINIR FEGURI. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2011-07-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[36] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: DAINIR FEGURI. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Cuiabano cururu circle (individual musicians uncredited; published by Junior Endersson) Roda de Cururu https://www.youtube.com/embed/qkAQqdWb6oE Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Junior Endersson. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2010-07-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[37] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Junior Endersson. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Cururueiros of the Varginha community (individual musicians uncredited) Cururu - Comunidade de Varginha https://www.youtube.com/embed/pDg4YAtD4Tg Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: gustavo tertuliano ribeiro. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2010-01-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[38] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: gustavo tertuliano ribeiro. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false
Cururueiros of Várzea Grande (individual musicians uncredited) Cururu Mato-Grossense - Festa de São João https://www.youtube.com/embed/6UZ2K9Tebiw Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Fernando Duarte. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Video publication: 2009-08-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 19 October 2026.[39] traditional unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown supported Recording/context source Reviewed Cururu cuiabano work/performance in its documented musical context. Source: Fernando Duarte. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. false false false

Related genres

Cururu cuiabano and Siriri share craft and community connections while retaining different musical functions. Música caipira uses another viola tradition; the similar instrument name does not make their sounds interchangeable. Chamamé and Sertanejo coexist in broader regional listening.


References and further reading

  1. ↑ Patrimônio Imaterial: Mato Grosso — Iphan.
  2. ↑ Iphan, Festival de Siriri e Cururu, May 2026. Access note: Substantive indexed official announcement read; direct retrieval returned 401.
  3. ↑ Iphan, safeguarding plan for viola de cocho, cururu and siriri in Mato Grosso do Sul. Access note: Repository title and substantive indexed description read.
  4. ↑ Patrimônio Imaterial: Mato Grosso — Iphan.
  5. ↑ Vinício e Gildo — Cururu cuiabano — cururueiros do Coxipó. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  6. ↑ Grupo de Cururueiros Tronco de Aroeira — Cururueiro Tronco de Aroeira. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18.
  7. ↑ Cururueiros and viola-de-cocho makers of Várzea Grande (individual performers uncredited) — O som da raiz. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18. Context: supporting source.
  8. ↑ Cão do Mato with Pescuma, Thomas Flaviano and Grupo de Cururu do Coxipó — Rock do Mato. YouTube recording; metadata checked 2026-10-18. Context: supporting source.
  9. ↑ Festa de Santa Gertrudes, Varginha, Santo Antônio Leverger - 09/02/2024..
  10. ↑ cururu Cuiabá MT, Adelino e Jhordann..
  11. ↑ Cuiabá MT cururu Cuiabáno 2023.
  12. ↑ Cururu em Corumbá (1985).
  13. ↑ CURURU - FESTA DE SANTO ANTÔNIO 2022 - LEVERGER MT..
  14. ↑ Cururu na casa de Maria Carvalho em Extraíra/Varginha - MT..
  15. ↑ CURURU TRADIÇÃO DE MT.
  16. ↑ GRUPO DE CURURU TRADICAO CUIABA COXIPO.
  17. ↑ Cururu cuiabano.
  18. ↑ Cururu Santo Antônio do Leverger MT.
  19. ↑ Festa de São Benedito na casa de Tio Ataíde na comunidade Poço.(1).
  20. ↑ Cururu na festa de Santo Antônio.
  21. ↑ Cururu na festa de Sr. Divino da Família Sales.
  22. ↑ Cururu no Rio dos Couros.
  23. ↑ cururu tradiçao cuianaba.
  24. ↑ Seo Dito Verde, Pantanal Porto Cercado, viola de cocho.
  25. ↑ Cururu matogrossense ! Reza de São Gonçalo.
  26. ↑ Cururu - Cantam Mané e Vitôr..
  27. ↑ Cururu - José Rodolfo e Vitôr..
  28. ↑ Festa de São Gonçalo e São Benedito em Taquaralzinho (Valo Verde).
  29. ↑ Festa de São Pedro em Valo Verde - Leverger..
  30. ↑ Cururu tradição de Leverger Francisco Leite Moreira ( Chico Coelho).
  31. ↑ GRUPO DE CURURUCA TRONCO DE AROEIRA DE MIMOSO SANTO ANTÔNIO DO LEVERGER.
  32. ↑ FESTA DE SÃO GONÇALO E SÃO BENEDITO 2015.
  33. ↑ Cururu na Festa de São Benedito em N. S. do Livramento-MT, 01 maio 2015.
  34. ↑ Video da Festa de São Pedro - Comunidade do Zé Alves - Poconé MT.
  35. ↑ Festa em Poconé 27/11/2011 - Cururu.AVI.
  36. ↑ CURURU CUIABANO.
  37. ↑ Roda de Cururu.
  38. ↑ Cururu - Comunidade de Varginha.
  39. ↑ Cururu Mato-Grossense - Festa de São João.

Hotspot mushrooms

Retain existing Baixada core and weaker upper-Paraguay/Pantanal continuation; add a usable mixed regional selection.

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
cururu-cuiabano-baixada Baixada Cuiabana and adjacent river communities -15.8 -56.3 460.0 1.0 Connected cururueiro, craft and devotional landscape.
cururu-cuiabano-pantanal Upper Paraguay basin and Pantanal continuation -18.0 -57.2 700.0 0.64 Cáceres–Pantanal–Mato Grosso do Sul related community ties without claiming identical repertoire.
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