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Have You Been to Bahia?

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On this week’s show, there’sa lovely storyabout the song that made Brazilian samba queen Carmen Miranda an international star in 1939 — “O Que Que a Bahiana Tem.” The name roughly translates to “What is it that the Bahian woman has?” When I hear the word Bahia, I immediately get a picture in my mind… […]

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