"Chamam\u00E9 is a folk music genre from the Argentine Northeast, Mesopotamia (\"Litoral\") and the south of Brazil. Paran\u00E1, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and Mato Grosso do Sul.Jesuit Reductions in the area encouraged cultural growth that lasted until the Jesuits were expelled by the Spanish Crown in the late 18th century. Within this area, Yapey\u00FA Corrientes was a centre of musical culture that many point to as the birthplace of the original Chamam\u00E9."@en .