lundumn.
/ˈlʊndʌm/ A primitive Portuguese song and dance, from which the fado probably developed.
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1936 R. Gallop Portugal xi. 252 The lundum..shared the affections of the Lisbon populace from the last quarter of the eighteenth to the middle of the nineteenth century. The lundum came to Portugal from Brazil... It reached Brazil from the west coast of Africa.
1957 R. Campbell Portugal ix. 191 It was this crossing of the primitive sensual ferocity and black, wailing misery of the negro lundum..that gave us the fado.
1957 R. Campbell Portugal ix. 192 The lundum..was a highly sensual song accompanied by much belly-dancing.
1969 S. Bradford Portugal & Madeira 27 With them [sc. Angolan slaves] went memories of their native dances, one of them being the lundum, a dance of Congolese origin.
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