Lambada keep on dancing Lambada. Many of the Caribbean music like Soca, Merengue, Salsa, and Zouk were used to dance the Lambada. Finally the dance recovered most of its original way and style, with less acrobatic moves, smoother, intimate and closer contact. Some people like Adílio Porto, Israel Szerman and Luís Florião (Brazilian teachers) regret that nowadays the dance changed its name to Zouk-Lambada in most parts of Brazil. This is mainly because of its musical orphanage. Brazilian Zouk is a group of closely related dance styles based on or evolved from the lambada dance style and is typically danced to
Lambada regular basis, and which were believed to be only summer hits. Although it was recognized as a summer hit, the Lambada was not yet a true worldwide success. Many of the first "lambaterias" (a place to dance Lambada) which opened in 1988 couldn't survive the low tourism of the winter season, and closed a few months later. Prior to Kaoma's 1989 cover of the Los Kjarkas song "Llorando se fue", dozens of groups and several singers had already performed the song using a dance rhythm, such as in 1984. Cuarteto Continental, Sexteto Internacional, and Puerto Rican singer Wilkins. Argentine singer