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Samba — dance, music, attitude

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Xenia Böttcher
February 24, 2025

Samba is inextricably linked to the people of Rio's Sugarloaf Mountain. At a 'samba de roda', Brazilians come together to feel the music that has accompanied them since childhood.

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