Anitta’s pre- and carnival performances taught about history and women’s resistance, honoring real-life and fictional female warriors. To perform at Olinda’s Cavarlheira da Ladeira party this Saturday night (18th), she went one step further and wore a look inspired by Cabocla Juremaspiritual entity revered in Umbanda, known as the Queen of the Oxossi Woods.
The particularity of the production is that it was produced by indigenous women of the Guajajara people of Aldeia Lagoa Quieta, in Maranhão, a totally matriarchal village, composed mainly of warrior women and children, which maintains the tradition of crafts. Recalling that the Minister of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, Sonia Guajajara, belongs to the people of Lagoa Quieta. Elected federal deputy for São Paulo, she was supported by Anitta in the elections. See her testimonial below.
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According to designer Clara Lima’s advertising material, the idea came from Anitta herself, who saw in the costumes a way to honor Afro-Brazilian religiosity, which is part of her spirituality. “This look in honor of Jurema fills me with pride, because her story speaks a lot about strength. I’ve always dreamed of honoring her in some way. Doing it at Carnival is very special to me!” said Anitta. Other big names in music.
Clara Lima says that idealizing the look was a big challenge, since representing this figure without committing any kind of disrespect for indigenous and religious culture, which was the artist’s request, would be a delicate task. “Since my goal was not to create a literally indigenous outfit, I was inspired by the colors of Cabocla Jurema in umbanda. From them I designed a look made of beads,” explained the designer.
The publicity material also claims that Clara turned to a specialist in indigenous South American languages, Ana Suelly Cabral, who is also a professor in the Department of Linguistics, Portuguese and Classical Languages at the University of Brasilia. The academic put the designer in contact with her former student and craftswoman Marina Guajajara, from Aldeia Lagoa Quieta, in Maranhão. From there, Clara began meeting, online, her mother and indigenous woman and village shaman, Cintia Guajajara.
Talking to Cintia, she suggested adding a pattern typical of the Festa
do Mel, a festival that lasts about a month, a period in which the members of the village
hostesses and those attending the party go out in search of honey, which is stored in the place where
which takes place after the ceremonial. “It was a transformative visit. I was greeted with all the warmth in the world in a special way, we had a strong bond and I learned about the Guajajara culture. For me, this dress is extraordinary because it was developed by excellent craftsmen, and I had a very rich experience where I made friends that I will carry with me for the rest of my life,” said the designer.
The look, which consisted of a skirt, top, earrings, and decorations on the head, arms, and legs, completely made with blue beads and red and orange flower-shaped embroidery, took two and a half months to complete. The stylist spent a week in the village to help finalize the design with them. The natives Iratu Elisa and Marina Cíntia Guajajara, also a linguistics graduate, handled the production. The craft group whose Instagram profile is @mairtentehar, wrote a thank you to Anitta and Clara Lima. Watch:
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