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Axe is a form of blue-collar popular music with a large following in Brazil's north-eastern beach states. With elements of samba, pop, and general flash and sexiness, the genre is one of the biggest sellers domestically in Brazil. Axé (Portuguese pronunciation is a popular music genre originating in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil approximately in 1986, fusing different Afro-Caribbean genres, such as Marcha, Reggae, andCalypso. It also includes influences of Afro-Brazilian music such as Frevo, Forró and Carixada. The most important creator of this music style was Alfredo Moura, conducting Carlinhos Brown, Luiz Caldas, Sarajane and others. The word "axé" comes from a Yoruba religious greeting used in the Candomblé and Umbanda religions that means "soul", "light", "spirit" or "good vibration".