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Forro Universitario: a traducao do forro nordestino no sudeste brasileiro

2005; UNIVERSIDADE EST.PAULISTA JÚLIO DE MESQUITA FILHO; Volume: 11; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5016/171

1980-6574

Antonio Carlos de Quadros-Junior,

Arts and Performance Studies

The aim of the present study is to explain the evolution of the dance College and its origins. In order to do so, the pertinent literature was investigated. The origin of the name Forro has three versions. The more acquaintance one suggests that it comes from the English expression for all and the more scientifically based one suggests that it derived from the African expression forrobodo, which means popular dance. At the beginning of the decade of 90’s, from the parties animated by the “forro pe-de-serra”, college students from Southern Brazil became interested in the rhythm, developing it and calling it CF. CF is the traditional “forro pe-de-serra” incremented by other rhythms and instruments besides the trio zabumba, accordion and triangle. Thus, we can conclude that CF had its origins in the middles of the decades 1990 and 2000, and that it is basically constituted by the Baiao, Xote, and, less frequently, Xaxado.