From Rio de Janeiro to Bahia, the samba beat is the common ground that unites Brazilians musically. This is largely because Brazilian slave owners allowed their slaves to continue their heritage of playing drums. Go to Rio, Bahia, Brasilia and Sao Paulo, and you'll hearing a variety of things done with the samba. The state of Bahia is where Afro-Brazilian culture is the most prominent, and that rich culture's approach to samba revitalized the genre.

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