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 of fado, a bluesy form of music derived from itinerants in Lisbon. In… … Wikipedia
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Kristang people — The Kristang are an ethnic group of people of mixed Portuguese and Asian descent, which arose in Malacca (Malaysia) between the 16th and 17th centuries. Some of them speak a distinctive Kristang language, a creole based on Portuguese and Malay.… … Wikipedia
Mata-kantiga — (from old Portuguese, literally meaning, “kill the song”) is a Malay genre of music of Portuguese origin, very similar to other Portuguese folk music, like the Desgarrada (Portugal), to Repente, Cururu and Trova (Brazil). Cultivated mainly in the … Wikipedia
Rosil de Costa — (Malacca, ? 1986) was a Malaysian singer.She was the last great singer, poetess and improviser of the Malay genre of music called Mata kantiga (literally, “kill the song”), of Portuguese origin, where a man and a woman improvise verses, similar… … Wikipedia