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The bumba-meu-boi is a very popular and widespread comic-dramatic dance Of Brazil, which tells the story of the death and resurrection of an ox. It originated in the 18th century in northeastern Brazil and than was widely spread in north and south. Its name comes from the verb bumbar, meaning to beat up or against, and the expression is chanted by the crowd as an invitation for the ox (the men under the ox costume) to charge against them.
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It takes place during the Christmas season. There are usually a group of singers and the "chamador" or caller, who introduces the characters with different songs. . The bumba-meu-boi appears in southern Brazil, as boi-de-mamăo. Mamăo is the Brazilian word for papaya. It is believed that originally a green papaya was used as the ox head.
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