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fa·ve·la  (f-vl)
n.
A shantytown or slum, especially in Brazil.
[Portuguese, possibly from diminutive of favo, honeycomb (from Latin favus) or from favelas (probably from , from fava, bean, from Latin faba; see bha-bh- in Indo-European roots).]


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The favelas of Rio are well known as self-governing communities, randomly assembled and built without permission or in accordance with any building regulations.
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Samba had no pure tie to the favelas because it developed in a more fluid exchange between the favelas and the working and middle-class, white and mixed race neighborhoods of Rio.
Review essay: social history and the arts by Foulkes, Julia L. / Journal of Social History
They brought dance to favelas (slums), prisons, and Indian tribes.
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