Ilê Pérola Negra

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“Ilê Pérola Negra”
Song by Daniela Mercury
Album Sol da Liberdade
Released 2000
Genre Axé music
Length  ?
Label BMG International, N.V.
Producer  ?
Sol da Liberdade track listing
"Groove Da Baiana"
(2)
Ilê Pérola Negra
(3)
"Santa Helena"
(4)


Ilê Pérola Negra (English: Island of Black Pearls) is the third track from the album Sol da Liberdade by Daniela Mercury. It is a celebration of the African cultural influence in Bahia, which is Mercury's native state. The instrumentation features carnaval drums being played in the Axé music style. The song became a smash single on the Hot100Brasil chart in 2000.

Several Bahian cultural aspects are celebrated in the video for the song, including capoeira and Candomble.