Baxtale! - Romani Music Research Group is the only band in Latin America dedicated to the research and performance of European Romani music, with an emphasis on the traditional songs of the Vlax Roma from Hungary.

Created in 2017 in the city of Porto Alegre (RS), the ensemble was founded and is directed by musicologist and violinist Ivan Fritzen Andrade, who has been researching the Romani culture of Central and Eastern Europe since 2008.

Joined by musicians and researchers Oscar Giovanni Martinez and Caetano Maschio Santos, the group's activities include courses and informative performances with the aim of stimulating cultural understanding of the Romani people through music. To this end, it bases its artistic work on research in the fields of linguistics, history and social sciences.

The presentation of songs interspersed with historiographical, musicological, linguistic and anthropological content marks the pedagogical character of Baxtale's performances, which aim to draw attention to the richness of the Roma's cultural practices and, consequently, combat the ethnic-racial prejudice historically projected onto this minority group.