Umbigada (from Portuguese umbigo, "navel"), sometimes translates as "belly bump" or "belly blow",[2] is a dance move in various Afro-Brazilian dances. It is seen as a "basic feature of many dances imported to Brazil and Portugal from the Congo-Angola region",[2] for example, samba, fandango, batuque, creole drum.[3]
It is performed as follows: a dancer opens her arms and extends her navel towards another dancer. The bodies of the two dancers may, or may not touch. [4]
It is commonly used as an invitation to dance, e.g., during samba de roda ("samba in circle").[4] However it may also constitute an element of the dance itself.[5][3]
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- Ralph Waddey, "Viola de Samba" and "Samba de Viola" in the "Reconcavo" of Bahia (Brazil) Part II: "Samba de Viola", Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Autumn - Winter, 1981), pp. 252-279doi:10.2307/779940