S01 E02: FREVO | SOUNDS GOOD: a rhythmic history of Pernambuco
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OTHER EPISODES OF THE SERIES:
S01 E01: MARACATU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_KP7qgrkxo&t=107s
S01 E03: SAMBA DE COCO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLngy8tz0Ds&t=959s
S01 E04: MANGUEBEAT: https://youtu.be/e7lDtdp2Mck
From all the Brazilian rhythms, frevo is the easiest to localize. It's Pernambuco's prodigal son. We even know the city it was born into: Recife. More: we even know the neighborhoods in which it was first played. While Recife was being urbanized, in the turn of the 19th century to the 20th century, the first passos of frevo were taking place, on the busy streets downtown. In the fight for freedom, the workers of this city were cultivating a carnival that mixed marching bands with catholic processions and capoeira movements, creating a unique combination.
Modernity, powerful in promoting its conquests and cynical in relation to the violence it perpetrates, deeply affects the frevo community: the renovations in the second quarter of the 20th century will throw the workers to the outskirts. Downtown will be a memory of those old carnivals, of the period they conquered the end of slavery, and of the beginning of the republic. Once a year, during carnival, people return downtown and reclaim that place, playing, dancing, and drinking.
In the military dictatorship, Recife starts being one of the most notable cities in Brazil. In the search for freedom, they look for Olinda, which is very popular as a stage of an uninterrupted fight for discourse and body autonomy. Olinda starts being, along with Recife, the land of frevo and carnival.
Frevo emerges as a carnival manifestation and will never be separated from that. The party and the fire of these two combined are one of the pillars of the Pernambucano pride and the valorization of this culture.
This series was produced thanks to the Aldir Blanc Emergency Assistance Act, financial support for art and culture.
REFERENCES
ARAÚJO, Rita de Cássia Barbosa de. "Carnaval do Recife: a alegria guerreira." Estudos avançados 11.29 (1997)
ARAÚJO, Rita de Cássia Barbosa. “Festas: máscaras do tempo: entrudo, mascarada e frevo no carnaval do Recife”. Fundação de Cultura Cidade do Recife, 1996.
CARVALHO, Marcus J.M. “Liberdade: rotinas e rupturas do escravismo no Recife, 1822-1850”. Editora Universitária UFPE, 1998.
EISENBERG, Peter L. Modernização sem mudança: a indústria açucareira em Pernambuco, 1840-1910. Rio de Janeiro: Paz e Terra, 1977.
SANTOS, Mário Ribeiros dos. “Trombones, tambores, repiques e ganzás: a festa das agremiações carnavalescas nas ruas do Recife (1930-1945). 2010”. 270 f. Dissertação (Programa de Pós-Graduação em História) - Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife.
TELES, José. Do frevo ao manguebeat. Editora 34, 2000.
Dossiê de Candidatura do Frevo a Patrimônio Imaterial - IPHAN. Disponível em: www.iphan.gov.br
FILMS AND PICTURES WERE GENTLY PROVIDED BY FUNDAJ - CEHIBRA
Capiba (1988), de Massangana Produções: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rczCyLHvnPU
Capiba ontem, hoje e sempre (1984), de Fernando Spencer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5elOb-pkV9Q&t=22s
Trajetória do Frevo (1988), de Fernando Spencer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8NzMoJMYGg&t=276s
Olha o frevo! (1970), de Rucker Vieira: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcgFQ_wPv4A&t=1s
Vassourinhas: 100 anos de Carnaval (1989), de Massangana Produções, Antonio Mario Cardoso, Jorge José: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzjQSVekGZM
IMAGENS DO RECIFE (Museu da Imagem e Som): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD0TyLhFD8o&t=2s
RECENT ANALOC PICTURES OF OLINDA AND RECIFE CARNIVAL
by Bruna Belo || www.instagram.com/annisfotografia e www.instagram.com/bbysil
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Rita de Cássia Araújo: historian
Carlos Ivan: carnavalesco of Bloco da Saudade and of Troça Pitombeira
Maestro Spok
Hermes Cristo: president of Troça Pitombeira
Bel: president of Bloco da Saudade
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Valores do Passado - Edgard Moraes
Passo de Anjo - Maestro Spok e Jazz Sinfônica Brasil
Odeom - Ernesto Nazareth
Desculpe-me, Nazareth - Maestro Duda
Marcha nº 1 do Clube Vassourinhas - Joana Baptista e Matias da Rocha
Pra tirar coco - Hamilton Oliveira / Messias Holanda
É de fazer chorar - Luiz Bandeira
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