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Artist: Olodum
Canonical path: /olodum/ranavalona
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Ranavalona
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Ranavalona
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Da ilha de Sunda
Fluíram os primeiros migrantes
Para habitar o éden da ilha de Madagascar
Colonizadores árabes, africanos para lá partiram
Sendo mercantilistas, visavam aos nativos escravizar
Árabes, indonésios e negros formaram a sua etnia
E o supremo Olodum paulatinamente exaltando a Bahia
Ranavalona
Ê, ranavalona grande amazona rainha suprema de Madagascar
Oceano Índico Olodum
Oceano Índico Olodum
Olodum, Madagascar Olodum, Olodum Madagascar
Os povos Malgaxes têm a sua cultura expressa na Bahia
Como o flagelo divino
Os bravos tandroys ao mal combatiam
O líder Kaçareka levou ao apogeu os betsimisarakas
Onde os sakalavas têm em volta do seu peito a cultura da África
Floresce no Pelourinho um fruto malgaxe, sublime e colossal
E o divino Olodum vem disseminando em pleno carnaval
Ranavalona
Ê, ranavalona grande amazona rainha suprema de Madagascar
Oceano Índico Olodum
Olodum Madagascar
O rei Radama levou seu reinado ao esplendor
Com a Ranavalona soberbo progresso continuou
A vida sapiente todo seu povo deliberou-se adonar-se
Ranavalona terceira lhe sucedeu sendo maior destaque
Magnificamente a imensa ilha se faz unificar
Em blocos monolíticos nos mais sórdidos cantos do rincão
Lutaram bravamente orgulhosos da bravura da soberana
Que intrepidamente cultuou a soberania na nação
Ranavalona
Ê, ranavalona grande amazona rainha suprema de Madagascar
Oceano Índico Olodum
Oceano Índico Olodum
Olodum Madagascar, Olodum
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