What is "roda"

Roda , meaning "wheel" or, more appropriately in this case, "circle" in Portuguese, is the circular formation within which participants perform in any of several Afro-Brazilian dance art forms, such as capoeira, maculelê and samba de roda. By extension, the whole event may be called a roda (as in "We will have a roda next Saturday"). Likewise, sometimes a roda may not take the shape of a circle; it may be, for example, a half-circle if the event is a public performance, in order for the public to be able to see the performers easily. In English language this dance arrangement is called " jamming".

The people who form the roda will take turns (usually with no predefined order) in going inside the circle. Some of the people in the roda may be mere spectators, in the sense that they will not go inside the circle, but they are usually expected to contribute to the roda by at least clapping and singing.

This can be compared to other art forms, such as tap dancing, where participants will form a circle and take turns in performing inside the circle.

Part of the etiquette of the roda means that the people in it should try to keep the roda circular and fill in any "gaps" that may appear if someone leaves the roda; in other words, the people should be evenly distributed in the circumference of the roda, especially if there are not many people in it.

RodA is a class I 14 kDa hydrophobin protein which is known to coat the spores and conidia of the filamentous fungi Aspergillus fumigatus. Mutants of A. fumigatus, whose rodA gene is knocked out , are characterized by a decreased ability to adhere to proteins such as bovine serum albumin and collagen, in addition to the inability to disperse their conidia. It has been suggested that the rodA coating of A. fumigatus spores serves a role in masking the pathogen from the host immune response

Roda is a chain of retail stores that began operating in 1994 by opening its first location in Kula. By further development of its retail outlet network, primarily in Vojvodina region, and then in the rest of Serbia, Roda managed to position as the retail chain ideal for large, family purchases. In October 2006 Mercator Group from Slovenia bought 76% of shares of the M-Rodić company for 116 million euros and became the largest shareholder of Roda Megamarkets. The complete take-over was finished in 2009, when Roda became a part of Mercator-S, today owned by Agrokor Group.

Roda may refer to the following people

• Roda Antar (born 1980), Sierra Leone-born Lebanese professional footballer
• Roda Ali Wais (born 1984), Djiboutian middle-distance runner

• Alexander Roda Roda (1872–1945), Austrian writer
• Andrea Roda (born 1990), Italian Formula 3 and Formula Renault 3.5 car racing driver
• Andy Roda, Danish-Filipino singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, instrumentalist, visual artist and occasional actor
• Davide Roda (born 1972), Italian auto racing driver
• Federico Martínez Roda (born 1950), Spanish professor of history at the Valencia Catholic University
• Manuel de Roda (1706–1782), Spanish statesman
• Maria Roda (1877–1958), Italian American anarchist-feminist activist, speaker and writer
• Raymond of Roda (died 1095), Spanish bishop of Roda from 1076 until his death
• Stéphane Roda (born 1973), French footballer