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Also known as funana, fuc-fuc, badju l' gaita

thumb|300px|Female funaná dancers.

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1975-01-01
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  • Characteristics
  • As a dance
  • History
  • Variants
  • ''Funaná kaminhu di férru''
  • ''Funaná maxixi''
  • ''Funaná samba''
  • ''Funaná morna''
  • Examples of ''funanás''
  • Legacy
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

thumb|300px|Female funaná dancers.

The funaná is a music and dance genre from Cape Verde. Funaná is an accordion-based music. The rhythm is usually provided by the ferrinho much like the use of washboards in zydeco, the saw in Caribbean ripsaw music, the scraper in Sub-Saharan African music and the güiro in Latin and Pre-Columbian music.

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