The samba originated in which country?
Samba Samba Samba () is a Brazilian musical genre and dance style, with its roots in Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions, particularly of Angola and the Congo, through the samba de roda genre of the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia, from which it derived. Although there were various forms of samba in Brazil with popular rhythms originated from drumming, samba as a music genre has its origins in Rio de Janeiro, the former capital of Brazil. Samba is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival. Considered one of the
Samba acted as a Brazilian unifier, and the fact that samba originated in Rio helped the unification process. In 1994, the [[FIFA World Cup]] had its own samba composed for the occasion, the "Copa 94". The [[1994 FIFA World Cup]], in which samba played a major cultural role, holds the record for highest attendance in World Cup history. Samba is thought to be able to unify because individuals participate in it regardless of social or ethnic group. Today, samba is viewed as perhaps the only uniting factor in a country fragmented by political division. The Afro-Brazilians played a significant role in