Lambada another dancing style and rhythm arising the following summer. A few years before the Lambada, there was the "Fricote" and the "Ti-Ti-Ti" among others dances, all of which disappeared never to be remembered again. Among with the "Trio-eletricos" (big movable trucks covered with speakers, on top of which musicians would play during the Carnival in Bahia), in 1988 the Lambada started to become popular in Bahia, and established itself in the city of Porto Seguro. Still, in this first boom of the Lambada, the economically developed south-east region of Brazil despised the various rhythms which came from Bahia on a
The Forbidden Dance Rita Kempley in "The Washington Post". Critics also considered "The Forbidden Dance" to be the worse of the two rival lambada movies, and the film grossed less than "Lambada" during its theatrical run. However, years after the release, the film finally found a cult following, especially after its continuous TV reruns and being sampled on pop singer's Jully Luz album "Rainha do Gueto". The Forbidden Dance The Forbidden Dance (also released as The Forbidden Dance is Lambada) is a 1990 drama film starring former Miss USA Laura Harring. Made to cash in on the Lambada dance craze by Menahem Golan's