In this video, Marisa Monte, a popular brazilian singer (from Rio de Janeiro) performs "Vide Gal" with Carlinhos Brown - a star of brazilian popular music, composer and percussionist. Here he plays Jongo in his traditional bongo/drum called Caxumbau. Jongo is a traditional brazilian-afro rhythm, very close to samba, which still can be found in few places in Rio, like "Morro da Serrinha". Jongo was born originally in Quilombos, hidden communities where black slaves refugees lived together during colonial times in Brazil. Nowdays Jongo celebrates the joy and strong cultural importance of afro heritage in Brazil.
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