Bateria

The term bateria means “drum kit” in Portuguese and Spanish. In Brazil, the word is also used for a form of Brazilian samba band, the percussion band or rhythm section of a Samba School.^{[citation needed]} It might also mean battery.

Baterias are also used to accompany the Brazilian martial art, capoeira.

Instruments

Surdo (a large, low-tuned drum, the heartbeat of the samba)
Caixa de guerra (a snare drum)
Tarol (drum) [pt] (a smaller snare drum)
Repinique (a small drum, twelve by fourteen inches)
Chocalho (a rattle, made up of rows of jingles)
Tamborim (a frame drum played with a flexible beater)
Agogô (a double cow bell)
Reco-reco (a notched stick played with a scraper)
Pandeiro (a tambourine)
Cuíca (a hollow drum-like instrument containing a bamboo stick that is rubbed to produce a squeaky sound)
Clash cymbals
Bass drums (optional and in some samba school drum lines)

Torcida Jovem of Santos FC School of Samba
BateristasPT.com — Portuguese drummers community website
"Samba Bateria Definition & terms" — Photos, videos & origins of the bateria terminology within the samba-schools environment at Brazil's carnival
"Hello, Bateria!" — introduction by Marinilda Carvalho, provided by sambaparty.com
Sounds of baterias — The Brazilian Percussion Site
A baterias website in spanish — A large community of drummers in Latin America
Play yourself a samba school drums section — An animation that lets you conduct the samba