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Umbigada (from Portuguese ''umbigo'', "

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"), sometimes translates as "belly bump" or "belly blow", is a

dance move Dance moves or dance steps (more complex dance moves are called dance patterns, dance figures, dance movements, or dance variations) are usually isolated, defined, and organized so that beginning dancers can learn and use them independently of each ...

in various Afro-Brazilian dances. It is seen as a "basic feature of many dances imported to Brazil and Portugal from the Congo-

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region", for example,

samba Samba () is a broad term for many of the rhythms that compose the better known Brazilian music genres that originated in the Afro-Brazilians, Afro Brazilian communities of Bahia in the late 19th century and early 20th century, It is a name or ...

fandango Fandango is a lively partner dance originating in Portugal and Spain, usually in triple metre, triple meter, traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets, tambourine or hand-clapping. Fandango can both be sung and danced. Sung fandango is u ...

batuque Batuque may refer to: * Batuque (Brazil), various Afro-Brazilian practices, including music, dance, combat game and religion * Batuque (Cape Verde), a Cape Verdean music and dance genre * Batuque (manga), a Japanese manga series * Batuque (religio ...

, creole drum. It is performed as follows: a dancer opens her arms and extends her navel towards another dancer. The bodies of the two dancers may, or may not touch. Waddey 1981, p. 255. It is commonly used as an invitation to dance, e.g., during ''

samba de roda Samba () is a broad term for many of the rhythms that compose the better known Brazilian music genres that originated in the Afro Brazilian communities of Bahia in the late 19th century and early 20th century, It is a name or prefix used for ...

'' ("''samba'' in circle"). However it may also constitute an element of the dance itself."A UMBIGADA EM FILEIRA"
''Jangada Brazil'', no. 40, December 2001 Chapter XXII: Umbigada (pp. 130-141 in:

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, ''Made in Africa, pesquísas e notas'', 1965, and later editions
CÂMARA CASCUDO, Luís da. ''Made in Africa''. São Paulo: Global Editora, 2001; por Camila Lembo
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References

Bibliography

*Ralph Waddey, "Viola de Samba" and "Samba de Viola" in the "Reconcavo" of Bahia (Brazil) Part II: "Samba de Viola", Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Autumn - Winter, 1981), pp. 252-279 Afro-Brazilian culture Dance moves Samba {{dance-stub