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語源

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese maracatu, from Old Tupi maraká (“rattle, maraca”) +‎ katu (“good”).

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maracatu (uncountable)

1. A Brazilian performance genre from Pernambuco involving parades and music.
   • 2008 January 15, Jon Pareles, “To See (and Hear) the World in Five Hours: Unique Sounds Ripe for Import”, in New York Times‎:

     Nation Beat, from exotic Brooklyn, uses the maracatu beat and rabeca fiddle of northeastern Brazil, and it has a Brazilian singer, Liliana Araújo.