Carrapicho is a Brazil

Brazil

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ian music group. Its lead singer is Zezinho Corrêa.

Carrapicho is most known for its single "Tic, Tic Tac

Tic, Tic Tac

"Tic, Tic Tac" is a 1996 song recorded by Brazilian band Carrapicho. Released in June 1996, it was its debut single from the album Festa do boi bumba, which was later certified Platinum disc in France. The song was also recorded by Chilli featuring Carrapicho about one year after the first release...

" which reached the top 100 best-sellers charts in several Europe

Europe

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an countries, South America

South America

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 and Israel

Israel

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. A cover of the song has also been made in Russian by the Kazakh singer Murat Nasyrov

Murat Nasyrov

Murat Ismailovich Nasyrov was a Russian pop singer of Uyghur ethnicity....

. Currently, the band plays forró

Forró

Forró is a kind of Northeastern Brazilian dance as well as a word used to denote the different genres of music which accompanies the dance. Both are much in evidence during the annual Festa Junina , a part of Brazilian traditional culture which celebrates some Catholic saints...

, another Brazilian music genre, not focusing only on folklore themes.

Carrapicho claims to be spreading the Amazonense culture in the world through music.