Samba Traditional, reconhecido pela Unesco como Patrimônio Imaterial da Humanidade!

CHULA as archetypical SAMBA, brought to the plantations around Bahia, in Brazil, by Bantu slaves. Just compare the route and the result with that of the Delta Blues in North America.
Chula is kept alive by enthusiasts like the already somewhat older - but none the less motivated - brothers Joao and Antonio Saturno (better known at home as Joao do Boi alias John of the Ox due to the cattle he keeps and Aluminium because he – apparently literally – shone so brightly on the football field.)
Together with friends and family of SAO BRAZ, the brothers keep this rich folklore and infectious dancing music alive. By the way, Sao Braz was originally a 'quilombo', a refuge for runaway slaves near Santo Amaro, in the Recôncavo area around Bahia.
Their first CD was finally released in 2009 under the cheerful title 'Quando dou minha risada, ha, ha...' and at World Music Exchange Womex 2010 they effortlessly won the hearts and ears and legs of the many present.

We expect Samba Chula De Sao Braz with (no, no electric guitars):

Fernando de Santana (Nando): Vocals and claps, dancer
Maria Raimunda de Jesus Saturno: Sambadeira, vocals and claps, dancer
Maria Eunice de Souza (Nicinha): Sambadeira, vocals and claps, dancer
Túlio Augusto Silva Santos: percussion
João Saturno (João do Boi): Vocal, pandeiro (hand drum)
Antonio Saturno (Alumínio): Vocal, pandeiro (hand drum)
Carlos Mivaldo Santana: drums (two congas)
Paulo Roberto da Silva de Souza: Acoustic Guitar and cavaquinho (ukulele)
Cássio Leonardo Nobre de Souza Lima: Viola (Portuguese tipe) and acoustic guitar
Djalma Santana Junior: percussion