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 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