Talking about brazil other than the host of World Cup 2014 that held
today till next month, there is many thing that we never know before about
brazil, in our common sense what we knew the most from brazil is their soccer
team that filled with the talented soccer player that known all over the world,
but in brazil there is one biggest parade/ festival that being held in this
country which known as samba festival. To be honest what we knew about samba,
we knew samba as a dance, we knew samba as soccer skill to trick their opponent
to be able pass it, but for your information samba is the most well known
festival in brazil, or i could say it were the biggest festival in brazil that
always held once in a year, this festival also filled with many team that
competiting each other to perform their samba dance with dazzling outfit.
Samba Festival or
known as Brazilian Festival is an annual festival held during the Friday to the
Tuesday before Ash
Wednesday, which marks the
beginning of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter, this Carnival has roots in the pagan festival of Saturnalia, which, adapted to Catholicism became a farewell to well things in a
season of religious discipline to practice repentance and prepare for Christ's
death and resurrection. Rhythm, participation, and costumes vary from one
region of Brazil to another. In the southeastern cities of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Vitória, huge organized parades are led by samba
schools. Those official parades
are meant to be watched by the public, while minor parades ("blocos")
allowing public participation can be found in other cities. This carnival it self always been held for every years on february and
march on Friday to the Tuesday before Ash
Wednesday which is the date
listed below :
- February 28 to March 4, 2014
- February 13 to February 18, 2015
- February 5 to February 10, 2016
- February 24 to March 1, 2017
Talking
about the competition on samba festival for every state in brazil, fortunately
there is many variant of style that coming from one state to another such as
Rio De Janiero style, Bahia Style, Pernambuco Style, Sao Paulo Style, Minas
Gerais Style,and others. From here to the next we will describing about each
state style that will make you more understand to samba festival.
Rio
De Janiero Style, Rio de Janeiro style originally mimicked the European
form of the festival, later absorbing and creolizing elements derived from
Native American and African cultures. Today
they are known as Blocos (blocks), consisting of a group of people who
dress in costumes or special t-shirts with themes and/or logos. Blocos
are generally associated with particular neighborhoods; they include both a
percussion or music group and an entourage of revellers. They eventually became
the "fathers" of what we today know as the famous and world wide
samba-schools in Brazil. Samba-school (not only in Rio de Janeiro, but São
Paulo too) is the cultural epicenter of the Brazilian carnival, in terms of the
"parading style".
Bahia Style, the difference from
bahia style with the other is more refer to music style, the musical
styles are different at each carnival
, in Bahia there are many rhythms, including samba, samba-reggae,
axé, etc., while in Rio
there is the multitude of
samba styles: the "samba-enredo", the "samba de
bloco", the "samba de embalo", the "funk-samba", as
well as the famous "marchinhas" played by the "bandas" in
the streets. By the 1970s, four main types of carnival groups developed in
Bahia: Afoxês, Trios Elétricos, "Amerindian" groups, and Blocos
Afros. Afoxês use the rhythms of the African inspired religion, Candomblé. They
also worship the gods of Candomblé, called orixás. The "Amerindian"
groups were inspired by Western movies from the United States. The groups dress
up as native Americans and take on native American names. Blocos Afros, or Afro
groups, were influenced by the Black Pride Movement in the United States
.
Pernambuco Style, the
North East state of Pernambuco has unique Carnivals in its present capital Recife
and in its colonial capital Olinda. Their main rhythms are the frevo and
the maracatu. Galo da Madrugada is the biggest carnival parade in
the world, considering the number of participants, according The Guinness
Book of World Records. It means "dawn's rooster" and parades, as
the name suggests, in the morning only. Frevo is Pernambucan-style dance
with African and acrobatic influences, as it is fast and electrifying, often
using an open umbrella and frequent legs and arms movements.
Sao paulo Style, in Sao Paulo
style is more refer to samba school variant that were developed in there, Various
"samba schools" compete in a huge parade. Each school presents a
different theme, which they expose through their costumes, dance, music and the
allegorical cars or “carros alegóricos”, huge vehicles decorated
according to the theme designed specifically for the parade). The most famous
(and usually the winners) samba schools are: Nenê de Vila Matilde, Gaviões
da Fiel, Vai-Vai, Camisa Verde e Branco, Unidos do Peruche, Mocidade Alegre
and Rosas de Ouro (which in English translate to, respectively: Baby
from Matilde Village; Sparrowhawks of the Faithful; Go-Go; Green and White
Shirt; Peruche United; Happy Youth; and Golden Roses).
Minas Gerais style, Carnival
in Minas Gerais is often characterized by blocos carnavalescos with
varying themes and costume styles, almost always accompanied by a brass and
drums band. However, Minas Gerais carnival was first influenced by the Rio de
Janeiro Carnival (several cities have their own samba schools). Later some Axé
groups from Bahia came to play in the state every carnival season.
For others, Some southern
cities such as Curitiba, Florianópolis, Camboriú, and Porto Alegre have smaller
samba school groups or blocos, but like São Paulo state towns, they seem to
prefer balls to street dancing.for
everyone that want to know the theme song of samba festival that will be held
on the next year here is the lyiric .
O Astro Iluminado da Comunicação Brasileira
Sonhar, o sonho de um sonhador
E viajar no tempo, no som um sentimento
Ir mais além, tocar o céu
Erguer a Torre de Babel
Escrever seu nome num papel
Eu e você, em sintonia seja onde for
No infinito ao teu sinal eu vou
Leva desejo divino, divino desejo me leva...
A encontrar a arte no seu olhar
A deusa do samba na passarela
A marca do carnaval... É ela
Um lado a comunicar, o outro comunicou
Tá na mídia a Beija-Flo
Quando a emoção chegar, a saudade vai bater
Juntos na mesma frequência
Um show de audiência, vamos reviver
Espelho refletindo cada um de nós
Por isso solte a sua voz, hoje o artista é você
Clareou e a gente vai se ver de novo
Clareou de azul e branco nos braços do povo
Boni tu és o astro da televisão
Fiz da sua vida minha inspiração
Vem, a festa é sua, a festa é nossa, de quem
quiser
Mostra que ''babado é esse'' de samba no pé
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