OS TINCOÃS – Obaluaê

Os Tincoãs were a Brazilian music group from Bahia, primarily active in the 1960s and 1970s. They are named after the Tincoã bird, a subspecies of the Squirrel Cuckoo native to Brazil. The music of Os Tincoãs was heavily influenced by Bahia’s Candomblé religious tradition originated in Africa.

Os Tincoãs are considered to be the first vocal group in the history of Brazilian Popular Music to express – musically and linguistically – the cultural heritage of different African peoples. Surviving member Mateus Aleluia is still very active in singing and songwriting. Aleluia moved to Angola in 1983 where he began to develop a cultural research project for the Angolan government. In 2002 he returned to Brazil and in 2010 he debuted with “Cinco Sentidos”, his first solo album, produced by the Garimpo label and sponsored by Petrobrás. In 2017 he released “Fogueira Doce”, a new album produced independently.

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