Lambada is a fiery Brazilian pair dance that has become popular thanks to the single "Lambada" by the group "Kaoma". Interesting facts about this song and dance deserve special attention.
How dance and song came about
The birthplace of lambada is the Brazilian city of Porto Seguro. The dance arose as a result of borrowing elements from other Latin American dance directions, first of all, karimbo, from which the emotional component of the dancers and the rotational movements of the hips were inherited. In the late 1980s, French producer Olivier Lamotte came to one of the Brazilian carnivals, and when he saw lambada, he decided to popularize it, spread the dance around the world. Returning to France, he formed a musical group called Kaoma, which included black Hispanics. In 1989, the group released the single "Lambada", which became a favorite song of many people in several European countries. The song has been at the top of the charts for a long time, and the Brazilian dance culture has become widely known.
Interesting Facts
1) The word "lambada" in translation from Portuguese means "blow with a stick", but in Brazil this was the name for all musical compositions that people liked and were popular.
2) The song "Lambada" was a plagiarism of the song "Llorando se fue" (translated as "Gone in Tears") by the Bolivian group Los Kjarkas, which was released 8 years earlier. Los Kjarkas filed a lawsuit against Kaoma and ordered compensation.
3) The total number of sold copies of the single "Lambada" in the world - 15 thousand.
4) The time signature is 4/4 and the tempo is 70 beats per minute.
5) In the cartoon "Well, wait a minute", the lambada dance is performed by African hares.
6) In the lyrics of the song "Lambada" on behalf of the girl, it is reported that the person with whom she had love will remember her always and everywhere while the girl is dancing lambada.
7) There is a history of banning the lambada dance due to overly explicit movements. This story is false. In fact, another dance fell under the ban - "matchish", for which obscene movements are more typical than for lambada. Lambada borrowed only a few movements from the matchish.
8) Lambada can be danced in different ways: moving in one place or moving around the entire dance floor.
9) In the video for the song "Lambada", the main characters are a pale-skinned blonde girl and a black boy. According to the plot of the video, for the dance of these children, the girl's father slaps her in the face.
10) The Kaoma group came to Moscow to perform the famous composition. The event took place in Gorky Park at a big party.
11) In the USSR, the first person to use the lambada motive for a song was Vladimir Migulya, a singer, composer and musician. His composition "Black Sea Lambada" was popular in the 90s.
12) Lambada is a fiery, fun, passionate dance that you need to feel!
