Currently, there are many successful pagoda groups performing nationally in Brazil. However, the pioneers of pagoda's musical variety were the group Raiz de Quintal, who gained success in the late 1980s and 1990s under the leadership of Arlindo Cruz and Umbrella. Another iconic pagoda artist is Zeca Pagodinho, who skillfully blended both classic high-pagoda and romantic pagoda styles. In the late 1990s, a college-style pagoda emerged, exemplified by the group Black Race. Over time, the term "pagode" became synonymous with samba due to sambistas using it to refer to their gatherings or pagodas.

1. Well known Groups:
Currently you can find numerous pagoda groups that are effective in and kind nationwide lands. However, you can not ignore
the fact that the pioneers with the artwork of pagodear in musical variety, as inside the case of your set of Base of Quintal that
burst in accomplishment of income in the albums through the last decade of eighty and ninety of century XX together with the
leadership of Arlindo Cross and Umbrella.
Amongst the principal icons in the pagoda one can not disregard the existence with the works composed by Zeca Pagodinho
who lived immediately on the two sides of your authentic musical genre within an genuine way, such as the classic high-pagoda
pagoda as well as romantic pagoda. From the late nineties of your twentieth century also appeared the pagoda in the college
kind. The group Black Race is made up of reference on the musical style.
After a while, the term "pagode" began to be utilised as synonymous with samba, as a consequence of sambistas who utilised
this name for their get-togethers, or, their pagodas