Minuano

Minuano is a cold southwesterly wind that blows in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and in Uruguay. It has the same name of the indigenous Minuane people in the Portuguese language (in Spanish, the name of that people is Minuán, and the same wind is called pampero in Uruguay). It is widely mentioned in the Gaúcho folklore of the region. This wind originates from cold polar fronts that come from the southwest of South America during periods of high atmospheric pressure, usually following rains caused by the shock of the cold front with warmer stationary humid air. Sometimes it produces a "howling" sound.[1]

"Minuano (Six Eight)" is a song title by the Pat Metheny Group on the album Still Life (Talking).

Jazz singer Kurt Elling also did a vocalese version of this same song as the leading cut on his "Man In The Air" album.

Composer, arranger and trombonist Bob Curnow performed a version of "Minuano (Six Eight)" on the album, "Bob Curnow’s L.A. Big Band Plays The Music of Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays".

"Minuano" was the codename of one of the characters from the video game Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Jetstream Sam, who is also Brazilian.

Brazilian singer and composer Rosa Passos wrote a song entitled "Minuano" in her album "Pano Pra Manga".

References
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