Wikipedia
Batuque may refer to:
- Batuque (game), a game once played in Brazil
- Batuque, an Afro-Brazilian Religion of Orishas in south of Brasil
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Batuque (music), a type of music and associated dance form from Cape Verde
- Batuque, the Soul of a People, a 2006 film about the batuque music genre
- Batuque FC, a Cape Verdean football (soccer) club based in Mindelo on the island of São Vicente
- Batuque Superior Cachaça, a brand of cachaça
Batuque (meaning hammering from the Portuguese verb batucar, to hammer) was a Brazilian game played in Bahia in the early part of the twentieth century by African slaves which were brought to Brazil but now extinct. A similar game, pernada, was popular in Rio de Janeiro about the same time. Players stand in a circle; one player stands in the center in a defensive position, and another moves around him, suddenly attacking. The attacking player tries to throw the defending player to the ground with blows from his legs. Mestre Bimba's father was a champion of batuque, and research seems to indicate that Mestre Bimba incorporated some techniques into his Capoeira regional courses.
The Batuque is a music and dance genre from Cape Verde.
Usage examples of "batuque".
Les conté como si no tuviera un pelo en la lengua el batuque de la reconciliación sin dejar en el tintero el revólver de Limardo y el vino-remedio de Fainberg.
And she liked the feel of Brazil, the pace of life, the way they moved, the football in the streets, the way they were never quite dressed, the music of the Portuguese language coming out of the neighborhood bars along with batuque and samba and laughter and the pungent smell of pinga.