samba de roda is a style of samba that is played live with a circle of people gathered around clapping and dancing to the rhythm of the music being played - it is associated, although indirectly, with the 'capoeira' brazilian martial art.

the name, 'samba de roda', can be translated to samba of wheel, but the word is actually used in reference to the circle spectators, dancers and musicians make whilst enjoying the live sound - the popular bahian samba de roda became a unesco heritage of humanity in 2005, is the main root of the samba carioca, the samba that is played and danced in rio de janeiro.