Talk:Forró

message: There is no conclusive theory as to the origin of the name, so I suggest that the section on the theories go into a curiosity section at the end.
There should be general introduction to Forró: that it is a style of regional music and dance, explaining its history a bit, Luiz Gonzaga etc. "Popularity" is not a good section title btw...
and then there should be two parts that go a bit into technical detail, one about the music and one about the dance.
Please make suggestions. Aszlisna (talk) 18:57, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Better organizing the article

message: The purported explanation for the origin of the word sounds like an urban legend to me.  Does anybody have a source? Tuf-Kat 19:29, Apr 1, 2005 (UTC)
I did a bit more of research, and the origin still divides people. I found a book by Câmara Cascudo, a Brazilian folklorist, who believes that it originated from "forrobodó". He is very well respected in Brazilian academia, so I deferred to him. At the same time, the other "urban legend" origin, even if in fact incorrect, is very much the popularly held belief in the region. There was even a movie produced which somewhat reinforced the USAF theory. In my opinion, whichever theory is correct, they should both be addressed here. --Dali-Llama 13:32, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Definitely agree all prominent theories should be mentioned, even if those definitively disproved. Tuf-Kat 20:43, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)
I removed edits by unnamed. Forró is not necessarily fast-paced and hands are not necessarily held.--Dali-Llama 23:11, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

text: Victoria, this is great! Try to incorporate it into the article!--Dali-Llama 12:12, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

text: Yeah, it's really great!  You can incorporate it into the article by editing the page (just like you did this talk page) and adding the information to what's already there.  You should create links to other articles on Wikipedia by putting the article title in double brackets - Brazil will produce Brazil - if you really want to know how to format and lay everything out, see WP:CITE and WP:MoS for starters (if you don't follow all those rules, that's fine, someone will fix it up later, but you want might want to peruse them).  It looks like there were some images in your original essay; if you own the copyright to them and would like to release them under a free license, you can upload them (there's an "upload file" link on the left side of the page).  If not, we'll have to cope without images for now.  Let me know if you have any questions. Tuf-Kat 21:48, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The origin of the forró comes from the reduction of the forrobodó, that means, besides arrasta-pé (drag-foot).
In what language does forrobodó mean drag-foot?!?
Portuguese of Brazil!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.81.107.10 (talk) 04:43, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The 2nd and 3rd theory is false 

message: This section seems out of place in an encyclopedia article. I think it should be removed. All locations listed are in Rio de Janeiro.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.128.167.68 (talk) 18:53, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, and I have removed this section.  --Cholling (talk) 12:28, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where to Experience Forró 

message: The pronunciation was given as , which I'm 99% sure is wrong.  I've always heard , with two open o's.  Yes, this appears to violate the standard Portuguese pronunciation rules, but this is not a native word.  Typical Tupi words in Brazilian are final-stressed, often with repeated vowels (acarajé, Aracaju, vatapá, abacaxi, perereca, etc.), and unstressed vowels that are the same as a following stressed vowel usually inherit the open quality.  E.g. forrobodó .  This is mentioned in Earl Thomas "A Grammar of Spoken Brazilian Portuguese" which is mostly based on Rio speech so it isn't just a Northeast characteristic. Benwing (talk) 23:41, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  pronunciation 

message: Forró dos Cumpadre is a sub-genre with limited coverage and would be better suited as a section in the Forró article. giso6150 (talk) 11:25, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with [[Forró dos Cumpadre]] 

message: This article needs proofreading. The word forró is used to name different things:
* Originally it is the name of a party of this with some typical genres and dances originary the northeast region of Brazil.
 
* Location of this party.
* Some dances this party.
* One way to name the sets of the different musical genres of this party.
* Also the name of one of the musical genres of this party created by Luiz Gonzaga in 1958.
The article is properly about the party and its characteristics.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tiao0 (talk • contribs) 14:48, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Meanings of word forró and his article