- Lusophone music
Lusophone music refers to the music sung in Portuguese or in its many dialects and creoles.
Portugal and its former colonies are linked musicallyFact|date=April 2008 by the shared influence offado , a bluesy form of music derived from itinerants inLisbon . In varying forms, the genre has dominated Portuguese music since the early 20th century, and has also spreadFact|date=April 2008 to its former colonies, especiallyBrazil , the African (Angola ,Mozambique ,Guinea-Bissau ,Equatorial Guinea ,Cape Verde andSão Tomé and Príncipe ), as well as the former Asian colonies.Of all the Lusophone countries, the one with the most internationally renowned popular music is probably Brazil. One of the largest countries in the world, Brazil's mix of diverse African and indigenous styles with fado and other Portuguese traditions has produced an eclectic mix of styles, most famously including
bossa nova , as well assamba ,choro andlambada . Portuguese fado has had some success internationally, as has Cape Verdeanmorna . Mozambique boasts popular timbila andmarrabenta music, and Guinea-Bissau'sgumbe scene once thrived; Angolansemba accentuates the later crosscultural linking between the Lusophone countries -- it is related to Brazilian samba, but the origins of both are murky and unclear.In Asia, the influence is surprisingly stronger in Malaysia, Sri Lanka and East Timor. Both Malacca (with the joget, branyo, farapera and mata-kantiga) and Sri Lanka (with the kapirinya (cafrinha), baila and chikoti) carry traditional music styles and instruments of obvious strong portuguese influence. Another example of the lusophone musical influence in the world is theukulele , which was brought toHawaii by the Portuguese.
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