diaspora. The atabaque is used in Capoeira, Maculelê and the Afro-Brazilian religions of Candomblé and Umbanda. It is considered sacred in Candomblé and Umbanda...

Candomblé Ketu (or Queto in Portuguese) is the largest and most influential branch (nation) of Candomblé, a religion practiced primarily in Brazil. The...

of Candomblé, there is great reverence for Afro-Brazilian instruments and rhythms. During ceremonies of Candomblé, instruments like the Atabaque and...

20th century and became the most popular today. Afoxé; Agogô; Alfaia; Atabaque; Berimbau; Drum; African culture in Rio Grande do Sul Quilombo Afro-Brazilian...

show) have a rich and unique musicality: a mix of candomblé and umbanda instruments (like atabaques and afoxés) with timbres common to Brazilian music...

reco-reco, and one atabaque likely did not become established until the 1960s. Although, in mestre Waldemar's rodas, they did not have atabaque, a big drum....

a similar manner to the atabaque, a hand drum of which one version was brought to Brazil in slavery and is used in Candomblé rituals. In the 1980s, a...

generally understood as evidenced in the use of ngoma drums (the atabaques of candomblé), and the berimbau whose earlier forms were used in African rituals...

This new capoeira incorporated not only berimbaus and pandeiros but also atabaque and agogô into its musical ensemble. In contrast to Bimba's preference...

the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé religion. It came to indicate a musical rhythm, named ijexá derived from the ijexá nation within Candomblé. Cultural performances...