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Jongo is a dance drumming & chanting ritual practiced by Afro Brazilians
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- artist:Celso Machado
- featured artist:guest artist: Qiu Xia He on Pipa
- region:Northeast Brazil
- release year:1999
- style(s):Brazilian, Samba
- country:Brazil
- formats:CD (Compact Disc)
- record posted by:Machado, Celso
- label:Daqui
- publisher:Surucua Art Production (Celso's own label)
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Jongo Le reflects Celso's profound knowledge of the rich folklore of the nordeste with it's improvising poets in the style of Coco and Emolada and the festive rhythms Baião and Frêvo.
Virtuoso Brazilian guitarist, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Celso Machado is joined by Chinese Pipa player Qiu Xia He on a few tracks.
Nominated for a Juno Award for Best Global Music Recording in 2000.
Liner notes in English and French, Lyrics in Portuguese
See Celso's full WOMEX bio under artists.
In 2008 Celso won a Radio-Candada Galaxie Award and received his fourth JUNO AWARD nomination as well nominations in the world music categories for Western Canadian Music Awards and Canadian Folk Music Awards