The Music of Forró, Brazil

Forró performer Messias Holanda, 79, sings with his small group from the stage of a dance pavillion on the Fazenda Bonfim ranch near São José de Mipibu, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006, where rancher Marcos Fernandez Lopes holds the Forró da Lua, or Forró of the Moon each month. (Kevin Moloney for the New York Times)

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Forró performer Messias Holanda, 79, sings with his small group from the stage of a dance pavillion on the Fazenda Bonfim ranch near São José de Mipibu, Brazil, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006, where rancher Marcos Fernandez Lopes holds the Forró da Lua, or Forró of the Moon each month. (Kevin Moloney for the New York Times)