{"id":2163,"date":"2011-04-04T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=2163"},"modified":"2011-04-03T22:11:30","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T22:11:30","slug":"what-is-pagode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/what-is-pagode\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Pagode?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following up on Rachel’s post on ExaltaSamba<\/a>, I thought I’d talk a little bit about what pagode<\/em> (pronounce pah-gaw-gee) <\/em>actually IS.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of different interpretations of the word pagode, <\/em>and you will often hear a lot of Brazilians downplaying this sub-genre of samba. \u00a0I myself, will oftentimes hear, “Eu gosto de samba, s\u00f3 n\u00e3o gosto de pagode.<\/em>” These people are usually referring to mainstream pagode<\/em> groups that are also known as pagode rom\u00e2ntico, <\/em>and neopagode, <\/em>popularized in the 1990’s. \u00a0These bands follow a series of clich\u00e9s in pagode<\/em>, from having numerous components, wearing certain types of clothing, and overall creating a “standard,” for the style of music.\u00a0One of these bands is Revela\u00e7\u00e3o – <\/em><\/p>\n