Carnival in Recife
The Carnival of Recife is the largest carnival event in Brazil , along with the carnival in Salvador da Bahia and Rio de Janeiro . In addition to carnival parades, street carnivals and parades, it offers a number of different musical performances that take place in Recife , the capital of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco . With Galo da Madrugada ("Rooster of the Dawn") Recife has the world's largest carnival block. The Galo da Madrugada is presented on Carnival Saturday , also known as Sábado de Zé Pereira ("Saturday of Zé Pereira"). In addition to the big carnival, Recife also has carnival-like celebrations at other times of the year ( Carnaval fora da época , "Carnival out of season"), such as the major Recifolia event and the Micaretas .
history
At the end of the 17th century there were organizations that celebrated the feast of the king or the feast of the holy king ( Festa de Reis ). The majority of those involved were descendants of African slaves . In the 18th century the Maracatu Nação ("Maracatu Nation") or Maracatu de Baque Virado ("Maracatu with the upside-down surcharge") appeared, which simulated the coronation of the black king or the king of the Congo and was related to the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé . This ceremony took place in the church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário or Igreja do Rosário dos Pretos . After the abolition of slavery in Brazil at the end of the 19th century, the first carnival clubs arose in Recife , based on the Maracatus and the festivities surrounding the Nagô kings. One of the first carnival clubs was the Clube dos Caiadores , founded by Antônio Valente in the São José district in 1887 , which carried out the first street parades . His followers carried buckets, paint and paintbrushes and painted the churches with symbolic signs. In the 20th century there was already the first competition between the largest carnival clubs such as Clube Internacional do Recife and the [Clube Português do Recife], which descended from the Sociedade Recreativa Tuna Portuguesa and Recreativa Juventude . Today the street parades are concentrated on Concórdia, Imperatriz and Nova streets, where the costumed people march.
Parade
A peculiarity of the carnival in Recife is the motorcade . Originally it was carried out with horse-drawn carriages, then with open motor vehicles, especially all-terrain vehicles such as jeeps or pick-ups. The vehicles are decorated and accompanied by people with singing and fanfare. At the beginning, perfumed water was splashed into the crowd. Today it's tap water and talc . The parade takes place in the nights before the actual carnival and during the day also during the carnival days.
Street removals
The samba schools , the Maracatus , the Caboclinhos and Ursos take part in the street parades in Recife, which are then judged by a jury.
Samba schools
In the 1930s, the first Batucada groups emerged in Recife as the predecessors of the samba schools. In 1945 sailors from Rio de Janeiro carried out a procession in the streets of Recife, which accelerated the emergence of organized samba schools. In the 1950s, the samba schools were organized in the Federação Carnavalesca de Pernambuco and later in the UNESPE. The most important schools of this time were Gigante do Samba, Limonil, Império do Asfalto, Dois de Julho, Estudantes de São José, Labariri, Galeria do Ritmo, Samarina and Quatro de Outubro. In the early years there was still little competition between the individual schools, which has changed over time. Since the 1970s, prizes have been awarded to the samba schools.
Galo da Madrugada
The Galo da Madrugada carnival club is located in the old town of São José. According to the Guinness Book of Records, it currently bears the title of the world's largest carnival club and is therefore in constant competition with the Cordão do Bola Preta Club from Rio de Janeiro . The club was founded in 1978 by Enéas Freire and has a specific route during the Carnival that starts at the Forte de São Tiago das Cinco Pontas and goes through the streets of the old town. This move will be accompanied by boats on the Rio Capibaribe . The parade itself consists of numerous allegorical floats, Trio Elétricos and the so-called Freviocas, a modification of the Trio Elétrico in Pernambuco. The model of the Galo da Madrugada is the rooster.
Today's carnival
The parade was discontinued in the 1980s and the carnival celebrations were more or less decentralized to the different districts. The old carnival clubs are shrinking in terms of their following, and large new clubs such as Galo da Madrugada and Bloco da Parceria have emerged. After the renovation of the old town district of Recife (Recife Antiguo), the street carnival was also revived there with numerous musical events. The Carnival in Recife is now called Carnaval Multicultural and is organized by the city of Recife. The Carnival in Recife is considered the most democratic carnival in the world, where you don't have to pay to attend. The samba schools usually start in the São José district. In 2009 it was Gigante, Galeria do Ritmo, Deixa-Falar, Imperadores do Samba and Unidos de São Carlos.
Web links
- official website of the Multicultural Carnival of Recife
- Carnival program 2011 in Recife and Olinda
- Video about the Carnival in Recife 2011
Notes and individual references
- ↑ recifolia.com.br ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ revivendomusicas.com.br ; [1]
- ↑ br.kekanto.com
- ↑ clubeportuguesdorecife.com.br
- ↑ Carnival folklore in northeast Brazil http://www.viagemdeferias.com/recife/cultura/caboclinho.php
- ↑ pt.urso- bear, as a carnival figure, http://www.recife.pe.gov.br/2009/02/23/bois_de_carnaval_e_ursos_animam_polo_de_todos_os_ritmos_165867.php
- ^ Percussion group
- ^ Carnival Federation of Pernambuco
- ↑ pt. Multicultural Carnival
