Definitions
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- noun A specific genre of dance music originating in
Rio de Janeiro , also known as Funk Carioca
Etymologies
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Examples
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My grandfather, who had badly sprained his ankle only a week before while getting a lesson in baile tropical out on the patio with Esperanza´s sister, and had been getting around with a cane, was now sitting on the edge of Eula´s bed, his head and hands leaning heavily on the curved handle, sobbing pitifully.
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My grandfather, who had badly sprained his ankle only a week before while getting a lesson in baile tropical out on the patio with Esperanza´s sister, and had been getting around with a cane, was now sitting on the edge of Eula´s bed, his head and hands leaning heavily on the curved handle, sobbing pitifully.
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So it's appropriate that a new, bastardised style of hip-hop, known as "baile funk", is being born out of the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.
Insider's guide to music pilgrimages: Hip-hop, dance, disco, electro 2011
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Not long after the arrival of our party at Bacalod we received an invitation to a "baile" given in our honor by the inhabitants of
An Epoch in History P. H. Eley
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Every public holiday is an excuse for the giving of a "baile" or dance, and when holidays are scarce the
Santo Domingo A Country with a Future Otto Schoenrich
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Fandango and feast, "baile" and rejoicings, have made the woodland echoes ring.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance Richard Savage 1874
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Gay caballeros are wending to the bear-baiting, the bull-fights, the "baile," and the rural feasts.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance Richard Savage 1874
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Decent Work for Decent Pay is the first volume of a series of collected works, and is liberally laced with the producer's adopted signature sound, 'baile' funk, the notorious music of Rio's favelas.
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Decent Work for Decent Pay is the first volume of a series of collected works, and is liberally laced with the producer's adopted signature sound, 'baile' funk, the notorious music of Rio's favelas.
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Charla entre los recipientes de la beca NoMAA sobre su obra mas reciente en las disciplinas de baile, música, teatro, y ópera.
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