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berimbau

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be·rim·bau  (b-rmbou)
n.
A musical instrument with a gourd resonator and a single steel wire stretched across a long pole or stick.
[Portuguese, from Kimbundu mbi-rimbau : mbi-, n. pref. + -rimbau, berimbau.]
berimbau [berĩˈbɒw]
n
(Music / Instruments) a Brazilian single-stringed bowed instrument, used to accompany capoeira
[from the quimbundo (an Angolan language) word mbirimbau]


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The berimbau drones as Rodil leads the group in a call-and-answer sung in Portuguese.
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