Pagode

Pagode is a Brazilian style of music that originated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a subgenre of samba. Pagode originally meant a celebration with food, music, dance, and party, which stems from the word's meaning of "fun" or "merrymaking". However, the term "pagode" also connects to the historical gatherings of enslaved people in senezalas during the Brazilian colonial period. The genre became po... (Wikipedia)