Lambada wave motion is reproduced by the dancers' bodies, and is one of the main elements that distinguish Lambada from other Latin dances. Around 1983, the Carimbó dance started again to be danced in couples, in a 2-beat style, something very close to Merengue, but with more spins. "Aurino Quirino Gonçalves", or simply Pinduca, is a Brazilian musician and singer in the north of Brazil (Amapá and Pará area), where it is strongly believed he is the true father of the lambada music. Pinduca is a musician and composer of mainly Carimbó. He is the singer and composer of the "King
Lambada (song) the melody of "Chorando Se Foi (Lambada)." The Japanese singer Akemi Ishii released a cover version in Japanese on March 21, 1990. It peaked at number 16 on the Oricon charts, And re-recorded in 2011. In France, the song was covered by another group, Carioca, which peaked only at number 22 on September 9, 1989 and remained on the chart for nine weeks. It was also covered, around that time, by other Brazilian singers, such as Fafá de Belém, whose 1985 album "Aprendizes da Esperança" was an early exponent of the lambada rhythm. Also in 1989, a cover by Regina