balangandã

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Onomatopoeic, from the sounds they make as the wearer moves about.^[1] Potentially related to balangar.

balangandã m (plural balangandãs)

(Brazil) A type of wearable Afro-Brazilian bijouterie originating from the 18th to 19th centuries.
Hypernym: joia crioula
- 1940, Carmen Miranda, “Disseram Que Eu Voltei Americanizada [They Said I Came Back Americanized]”:
  Disseram que com as mãos / Estou preocupada / E corre por aí / [...] / Que já não tenho molho, ritmo, nem nada / E dos balangandãs já nem existe mais nenhum
  They said that with my hands / I am preoccupied / And it's been spread around / ... / That I've got no sauce, nor rhythm, nothing / And there are no balangandãs left on me anymore
(by extension) any piece of wearable jewelry that dangles; pendant
Synonyms: penduricalho, pingente

“balangandã”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
“balangandã”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
“balangandã”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024

^ Simone Trindade Vicente da Silva (2005) “REFERENCIALIDADE E REPRESENTAÇÃO: UM RESGATE DO MODO DE CONSTRUÇÃO DE SENTIDO NAS PENCAS DE BALANGANDÃS A PARTIR DA COLEÇÃO MUSEU CARLOS COSTA PINTO”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]