Cante Alentejano is a Portuguese music genre based on vocal music without instrumentation from the Alentejo region.

It was inscribed in 2014 in UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity,[1] one of two Portuguese music traditions, the other being Fado.

[2] Its origins come from a similar popular music genre created in the region of Minde by campinos.

It is said that the habit of singing without instruments was common in bull-herding as a means to coordinate efforts among the campinos.

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