Since her breakthrough, Mercury has become one of the best known Brazilian female singers, selling over 20 million albums worldwide. Daniela has a degree in dance from the Federal University of Bahia, having started her studies in this art since she was four years old, later becoming a teacher of jazz, modern and classical ballet, besides having specialized and performed in other genres, such as Afro Dance and contemporary dance. She began singing professionally at the age of fifteen, the same age at which she rode a trio elétrico for the first time, integrating her career as singer and dancer.
She released her eponymous album in 1991, followed by O Canto da Cidade in the following year, leveraging her career as a national artist and bringing the axé music genre to the forefront. Over the years, she released several albums, generating great hits like "Swing da Cor", "O Canto da Cidade", "À Primeira Vista", "Rapunzel", "Nobre Vagabundo", "Ilê Pérola Negra (O Canto do Negro)", "Mutante", "Maimbê Dandá", "Levada Brasileira", "Oyá Por Nós", among others. She recorded a DVD commemorating 25 years of Cirque du Soleil and was part of the Montreal International Jazz Festival. In addition, she participated in Alejandro Sanz's album and sang with Paul McCartney in Norway during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. Winner of a Latin Grammy for her album Balé Mulato - Ao Vivo, she also received six Brazilian Music Awards, an APCA award, three Multishow awards, and two VMB awards, for best music video and photography. On television she was a judge and mentor for the talent shows Popstars, Superstar, and The Voice Kids Portugal.
In 2013, Daniela released in partnership with her wife Malu Verçosa, whom she married in Portugal the same year, her first book, Daniela e Malu: Uma História de Amor.
Attentive to the Brazilian social reality and with a great desire to contribute to the preservation of our cultural matrices, Daniela created her Institute "Sol da Liberdade" in 2008. Today, in partnership with UNICEF and ESPN Brasil, the ISL carries out the Caravana da Música project. The Caravana da Música is an itinerant project that has been touring Brazil since 2007, visiting one city every month. The cities to be visited are indicated by UNICEF, according to the HDI (Human Development Index) and the IDI (Child Development Index). In each of the cities visited, the "Music Caravan" sets up a large infrastructure where it offers 3,000 children an unprecedented experience with dance, music, theater, instrument building, circus art, and several other artistic experiences. In addition to the children, the Music Caravan also offers training in Art Education for 250 public school teachers from each of the visited cities. The Music Caravan has already directly assisted more than 50 thousand children and 30 thousand teachers. Considering that each public school teacher trained by the Caravan becomes an Art Education multiplier, it is estimated that the Music Caravan has already indirectly reached more than half a million Brazilians. All the activities of the Music Caravan in the countryside of Brazil are recorded by the ESPN Brazil team, which broadcasts a monthly documentary about the project's activities. The documentary is shown in Brazil and in 157 other countries.
Besides presiding the Instituto Sol da Liberdade, Daniela is also UNICEF's National Goodwill Ambassador, a title she received in 1995, when she became the second Brazilian personality to receive such honor. She has also participated in several benefit shows in favor of children, among them the UNICEF/ Rede Globo's Criança Esperança and the AACD/SBT's Teleton. Part of the rights to her 1998 album Elétrica were donated to UNICEF. She is also an ambassador for the Ayrton Senna Institute. Daniela has also participated in other charitable projects, not directly linked to children. On October 7, 2003, she took part in the show Solidariedade Brasil-Noruega in favor of Fome Zero at the National Theater, in Brasilia. She is also connected to the NGO América Latina em Ação Solidária (ALAS), having participated in September 2007 in an advertising campaign promoting aid to the earthquake victims in Peru. In 2013 she was invited to participate in the UN global campaign, Free & Equal, along with Ricky Martin and other international artists.
MAIMBÊ DANDÁ
Daniela Mercury Lyrics
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Corre cosme chegou, chegou, chegou, chegou
Corre cosme chegou, chegou, chegou, chegou
Corre cosme chegou, chegou, chegou, chegou
Corre cosme chegou
Doum alabá
Damião Jaçanã
Alegria de erê
É ver gente sambar
Corre cosme chegou
Doum alabá
Damião Jaçanã
Pra levar e deixar
Alegria de erê
É ver gente sambar
Meu look laquê
Mandei cachear
Me alise pra ver
Meu forte é beijar
Vou cantar maindê
Pra você se acabar
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Traga a avenida com você
Tava esperando maimbê
Traga a avenida com você
Tava esperando maimbê
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Traga a avenida com você
Tava esperando maimbê
Corre cosme chegou
Doum alabá
Damião Jaçanã
Pra levar e deixar
Alegria do erê
É ver gente sambar
Corre cosme chegou
Doum alabá
Damião Jaçanã
Pra levar e deixar
Alegria do erê
É ver gente sambar
Oiá eparrei me ensina a espiar
Com os olhos de quem
Me cega de amar
Vou cantar maimbê
Pra você se acabar
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Traga a avenida com você
Tava esperando maimbê
Traga a avenida com você
Tava esperando maimbê
Corre cosme chegou, chegou, chegou, chegou
Corre cosme chegou, chegou, chegou, chegou
Corre cosme chegou, chegou, chegou, chegou
Corre cosme chegou, chegou...
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
The song "Maimbê Dandá," sung by Brazilian singer Daniela Mercury, is a lively and upbeat celebration of Afro-Brazilian culture and traditions. The lyrics begin with a call to Cosme, a popular figure in Afro-Brazilian religions, indicating that a celebration is about to take place. The repetition of the line "corre cosme chegou" (run, Cosme has arrived) creates a sense of urgency and excitement, inviting the listener to join in the festivities.
Throughout the song, there are references to various Afro-Brazilian religious figures and traditions, such as Damiao, Jaçanã, and erê, all of which are associated with celebrations and dancing. The joy and happiness of these festivities are conveyed through the repeated line, "é ver gente sambar" (it's seeing people samba).
The chorus, "maimbê, maimbê, dandá," is a playful phrase that is not easily translatable. "Maimbê" is thought to be a Yoruba word meaning "let's dance," while "dandá" is an expression of joy or excitement. Together, they create a catchy chant that encourages the listener to join in the celebration and dance.
Overall, "Maimbê Dandá" is a happy and exuberant song that celebrates the richness of Afro-Brazilian culture and encourages people to come together and dance.
Line by Line Meaning
Corre cosme chegou, chegou, chegou, chegou
Hurry, the spirit of Cosme has arrived, arrived, arrived, arrived
Corre cosme chegou
Hurry, the spirit of Cosme has arrived
Doum alabá
Praise to the deities
Damião Jaçanã
Invoking the spirit of Saint Damião from the Jaçanã neighborhood
Pra levar e deixar
To take and leave behind
Alegria de erê
The joy of the children spirits
É ver gente sambar
It's watching people samba
Meu look laquê
My look with hairspray
Mandei cachear
I had it curled
Me alise pra ver
Straighten it to see
Meu forte é beijar
My strength is to kiss
Vou cantar maindê
I'm going to sing Maimdê
Pra você se acabar
For you to party hard
Maimbê, maimbê, dandá
Maimbê, maimbê, Dandá
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Zum, zum baba
Traga a avenida com você
Bring the avenue with you
Tava esperando maimbê
I was waiting for Maimbê
Alegria do erê
The joy of the children spirits
Oiá eparrei me ensina a espiar
Oiá Eparrei, teach me how to see
Com os olhos de quem
With the eyes of someone
Me cega de amar
Blinds me with love
Vou cantar maimbê
I'm going to sing Maimbê
Contributed by Molly P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@johngrande1934
Corre Cosme, chegou
Doum Alabá
Damião Jaçanã
Prá levar e deixar
Alegria do Erê
É ver gente sambar...(2x)
Meu look laquê
Mandei cachear
Me alise prá ver
Meu forte é beijar
Vou cantar Maimbê
Prá você se acabar...
Maimbê, Maimbê, Dandá
Maimbê, Maimbê, Dandá
Maimbê, Maimbê, Dandá
Maimbê, Maimbê, Dandá...(2x)
Zum, Zum, Zum, Zum Zum Bába
Zum Zum Bába, Zum Zum Bába...(4x)
Traga a avenida com você
Maimbê!
Tava esperando Maimbê...(2x)
Zum, Zum, Zum, Zum Zum Bába
Zum Zum Bába, Zum Zum Bába...(4x)
Traga a avenida com você
Tava esperando Maimbê...
Corre Cosme, chegou
Doum Alabá
Damião Jaçanã
Prá levar e deixar
Alegria do Erê
É ver gente sambar...(2x)
Oiá eparrêi
Me ensine a espiar
Com os olhos de quem
Me cega de amar
Vou cantar Maimbê
Prá você se acabar...
Maimbê, Maimbê, Dandá
Maimbê, Maimbê, Dandá
Maimbê, Maimbê, Dandá
Maimbê, Maimbê, Dandá...(2x)
Zum, Zum, Zum, Zum Zum Bába
Zum Zum Bába, Zum Zum Bába...(4x)
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