The white clothes were chosen for the singer’s farewell to respect his faith in Candomblé and the symbolism of Oxalá
On the morning of Friday 25, the municipal theater of Rio de Janeiro was the scene of a farewell marked by emotion, spirituality and respect for the religious traditions of Black Gil. The family and friends of the singer, who died last Sunday 20, paid the last honors dressed in white, a choice full of symbolism.
The white color was adopted by relatives and the closer to the artist as a reverence for the faith of the Pretalga practitioner. Black was a devotee of OxumOrixá associated with fresh water, fertility, beauty, love and wealth, represented by the yellow color and honored on Saturdays.
Among those who joined the white clothes were the brother of Preta, Jose´ Gilson of the singer, Francisco Giland his girlfriend, the former BBB Alane Dias. Friends like Kanalha, Malu Mader AND Jude Paulla They went further and used the white ghirts printed with the black image Gil.
Other well -known names also participated in dressed in white, such as Caio Blat, Queen Casé, Maju Coutinho, Fernanda Paes Leme, Janja Lula da Silva, Alice Wegmann, Taís Araújo AND Luiz MirandaEverything expressing affection and respect for the singer through the symbolism of color.
The procession and cremation will occur in the late afternoon
After the public farewell, the body will go into procession to the Crematorium of the pen and the cemetery, in the Caju district. There, between 15h and 17h, there will be a second ceremony reserved for family and friends. The cremation also complies with a request made by Preta Gil before his death.
The attempt to return to Brazil has marked the last moments
According to the information of National newspaperPreta Gil, in the last days of life, tried to return to Brazil. With the state of aggravated health and in front of the news that there were no more therapeutic possibilities for her treatment for cancer, the artist expressed the desire to return home, rediscover friends and her mother.
Sunday 20, he even climbed on board an intensive care that would have brought it back to the country. Before take -off, he fell ill and died in an ambulance while he went to the hospital in New York at the age of 50.
Source: Terra
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