(Soliski, n.d.).  It involves outdoor music and dance with colorful costumes and parades.  Brazilian music (Maria-Brazil, n.d.) includes bossa-nova (Overview of Brazilian Music, n.d.), jazz, samba (Samba, 2005) and many other forms of popular rhythms (Music of Brazil, 2004), such as lambada (Vianna & Chasteen, 1999) .   ©2005 Maria de