1º_ Rituals of the Afro-Brazilian and Haitian voodoo religion, product of the combination of other religions of African origin. 2º_ By the modes of celebration with percussive music, singing and dancing of the Afro culture, in America it is called 'batuque' to the parties with rhythmic music, to the disorder with a large number of people, to the scandal and lack of control. See also quilombo . 3º_ For the above, 'Batuque' is the Spanish name of the restless and mischievous dog of a comic strip published in the Argentine children's magazine Billiken during the 1940s. In the original American scripted and drawn by Frances Edwina Dumm the dog was called Tippie, and the boy companion of adventures was Cap Stubby (in Spanish, Gorrita), which at first was the name of the comic, but in a few years it was changed to that of his pet, which ended up being the most popular character.
