Axé music is a popular music genre originate in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil aproximately in 1986, fusing different Afro-Brazilian genres, such as Caribe's Marcha, Frevo, Forró and Reggae, with its fusian genre that is known as Calypso. The most important creator of this music style was Alfredo Moura, conducting musicians like Carlinhos Brown, Luiz Caldas, Sarajane and others. The word "axé" comes from a greeting ritual used in the Candomblé and Umbanda religions that means "good vibration".