when Moraes Moreira (of Novos Baianos) began singing. Carnival bands like Filhos de Gandhi, Olodum and Muzenza then fused the electric frevo with maracatu and samba rhythms, African ijexá and Caribbean merengue . Olodum's samba-reggae fusion was a Bahian success in the 1980s , and was followed by deboche ( debauchery