The Music of Forró, Brazil

Ranch workers light a bonfire outside the dance pavillion on the Fazenda Bonfim ranch near São José de Mipibu, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006. Rancher Marcos Fernandez Lopes holds the Forró da Lua, or Forró of the moon, under a full moon each month. (Kevin Moloney for the New York Times)

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Ranch workers light a bonfire outside the dance pavillion on the Fazenda Bonfim ranch near São José de Mipibu, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006. Rancher Marcos Fernandez Lopes holds the Forró da Lua, or Forró of the moon, under a full moon each month. (Kevin Moloney for the New York Times)