The origin of samba in Brazil

It was in the Vargas Era that samba changed from a musical genre pursued to one of the most popular musical styles in our country. The popularization of samba in the cultural scene in Rio de Janeiro made the genre gain space in the Brazilian music industry. Thus, samba gained space and publicity on the radio.

Quando rezo é canto, quando canto é rezo: trajetória educativa de um Coletivo de Cantantes e Brincantes na Educação do Campo Kilombola

This article presents the description and analysis of a cartographic research for the construction of a prayer song sung in the terreiro in praise of the Orixás. The cartography (Deleuze & Guatari, 1995) is an “intervention-research” (Kastrup et al, 2015) that allowed us to collectively organize the research songbook When pray is singing, when singing is pray as a map, though partial, of cultural events taking place in the Kilombola community Morada da Paz, at the same time that it allowed us to deepen in the popular Brazilian music to get to know songs that have as their theme the praise of the Orixás. As a result of this research, in addition of a cancioneiro that was presented in different educational spaces for three years, we organized workshops with themes related to education for ethnic-racial relations, rural education and Kilombola education. We relate these contents to a proposal for education in the Kilombola field, based on the articulation of the pedagogy of the landless movement (Caldart, 2000) to the Kilombola education guidelines, education for ethnic-racial relations and enchantment pedagogy.

Yaô africano: the orixá in the voice of Patricio Teixeira

Patricio Teixeira was an important voice in Brazilian music, particularly during the 1920s and 1930s. His career in radio broadcasting extended into the mid-1950s. Teixeira’s work gave visibility to black subjects and their cultural identities. This article analyzes the sacred elements that overflow into the musical and recreational universe of Rio through some of the songs recorded by Teixeira. With varied appropriations, these recordings of chants for orixá, Afro-Brazilian practices, and rituals mark the presence of the Afro-Brazilian sacred in Brazilian popular song.

BRAZILIAN MUSIC BETWEEN NATIONAL AND REGIONAL

After Brazil became independent in 1822, intellectuals and politicians were confronted with the question of how to create a common identity that would connect the vast territory and the communities living there into a single whole. Along with the national identity, regional ones were formed as well, marked by the desire to preserve their own cultural expression within the larger state. Under the influence of the mass media, folk musical expressions contributed to the emergence of popular music, which was also influenced by the elites, who acted as gatekeepers and arbiters.