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Nana Vasconcelos on stage at Vienne Jazz Festival, 2000. 11 Afro-Brazilian Percussionists You Need To Know
These Brazilian percussionists have broken sound frontiers, invented new instruments and thrilled musical giants such as Michael Jackson and Sarah Vaughan.
It isn t rare to forget that excellent drummer s name. While singers, band vocalists, and even composers are venerated among amateur music audiences, percussionists very often go unnoticed. Perhaps because percussionists are not usually the protagonists on stage, their identities or even their importance sometimes fall from the audience s sight.
But when it comes to Brazil s African-influenced music cultures, percussion is by no means secondary. To get into the roots of Afro-Brazilian music is to understand that percussionists such as
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Portuguese President lauds migrant Bangladeshis
Economic relation needs to be enhanced, he says
UNB
19th December, 2020 12:58:01
President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has praised the migrant Bangladeshis living in Portugal for their diligence and sincerity in work.
He said the economic relation needs to be enhanced to its full potential and assured that the Portuguese government would consider opening a resident Embassy in Dhaka in future.
The Portuguese President made the remarks when newly appointed Ambassador of Bangladesh to Portugal Tarik Ahsan presented his credentials to the President at Belém Palace, President’s Official Residence in Lisbon on Friday.