When was lambada made

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This flowing wave motion is reproduced by the dancers' bodies and is one of the main elements that distinguishes Lambada from other Latin dances. The dance became very popular in Salvador and Bahia and soon established itself in the city of Porto Seguro. However, the s was a decade of national dance fever in Brazil where each summer a new dance craze would sweep the nation, only to be replaced by a new dancing style and rhythm the next year. Thus, despite the initial success of the dance, Lambada was at this point far from gaining global fame and recognition.

Many of the first 'lambaterias' dance houses devoted to dancing Lambada which opened in couldn't survive the low season and closed a few months later. If it hadn't been for two French businessmen, Lambada may have disappeared altogether. Seeing a lucrative business opportunity, these two men from Europe travelled to Brazil and bought the copyright to over Lambada tracks.

On returning to France they founded the Kaoma Band which was an immediate global success.