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Baiana
An "ala" or group of elder women wearing large hoop-skirts that makes up part of the carnival parade.
Bateria
The percussion group that plays samba for a samba school.
Batucada
A word used in Brazil to mean a samba jam session.
Bloco
A group of people who parade together in samba costumes to samba music. They can include instrument or not. They are many times the progenitors of samba schools and can be quite large in size. Normally, the block follows a costume theme.
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