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Agogô
A cow-bell sounding instrument with two bells that is struck by a wooden stick used in samba music. The bells can also produce a sound by squeezing them so that they strike each other.
Afroxê
Originates in Bahia, and is a name for two things: a social and religious group that parades during carnival, and a rhythm used in these street parades and in ceremonies for the orixas (a shaker instrument -- beads on a small gourd that is shaken by its thin neck).
There are three atabaque (or conga) parts, two bell parts, surdo, and shaker. There are other instruments added as well, such as berimbau. It's a laid-back kind of a rhythm, not as frantic or intense as some of the other Brazilian ones.
"Afros e Afoxes da Bahia" on Mango Records (?) from 1988 (?) is a good source recording.
Axê
A musical style of percussion from the northern part of Brazil that is not considered to be samba but is related. It has its roots from Africa.
Ala
A group that dresses in the same costume that forms a block in the carnival parade.
