The artist is one of the guests of the Academicos do Baixo Augusta block, in São Paulo
Summary
Baixo Augusta, which will take place on February 4, is a block of São Paulo, with the theme “Resiste Amor em SP” and full of artists, such as Criolo, Wilson Simoninha and Fafá de Belém, which celebrates the existence and fact of occupy spaces.
“He was always very distant to me. This relationship understands the importance of celebrating one’s life, one’s existence,” said Criolo, one of the guests of the block Academics of Lower Augusta, which takes place on February 4 in Sao Paulo. This year’s theme will be Resisting love in SPreference to music There is no love in sp, by the artist. In an interview with Earththe singer explained the feeling of performing for the first time at the event, and said he never used to skip Carnival.
Criolo knows several people involved with Baixo Augusta, even before the creation of the block, in 2009, and praised the group as “promoting culture in São Paulo”. “This growing group understood that occupying the streets at that time was important because it carried meaning beyond the holidays of the time of year. Bringing messages, stories, recovering other ways of occupying this space that is ours, which is the street.”
“The emotion will be very strong, because Sao Paulo is a very tough city. Brazil is a very hostile and very difficult place. So, right now, we can be the soundtrack of joy, of happiness, of good feeling for people,” said the artist, who is eagerly awaiting his debut.
Wilson Simoninha He will be the handler and musical director of Baixo Augusta. Fafa de Belémthe godmother Tulipa Ruizand the first godmother, Marisa Orth, will be some of the stars who will be in block with Criolo. Therefore, the musician emphasized that the presentation is not his moment, but rather a contribution to the whole, since there is a much larger “mosaic” designed by Baixo Augusta: “There are many layers of concerns and things that I realize who want to develop again in the city. A great moment for the people, it is for the people, and the people are a bit of everything.”
Distance from the Carnival and importance of the blocks
Son of parents from Ceará and raised in the neighborhood of Grajaú, in Sao Paulo, Criolo stated that he has never managed to celebrate Carnival, since his and his family’s routine, as well as that of a large part of the Brazilian population, has always been very demanding. “I grew up in the very south of the South Zone of São Paulo, extremely isolated, living in this bedroom community situation. In the end you are isolated and there is no more time for leisure, happiness, smiles. That’s how life went,” he recalled.
Celebrating something seemed strange to the artist. However, for him, today it is important to understand the importance of people taking to the streets, and how celebrating life and being with loved ones is good for physical and mental health.
Criolo explained that it took him 40 years of his life to understand that it is possible to smile and occupy spaces, but he believes that movements like roadblocks happen precisely because people question cities on various issues. “This affects me. It is more or less there that this ‘plan’ of approaching an artistic-cultural movement begins, but it comes from people who are already moving other realities of the city”, he analyzed.
“Our Carnival has many different flavours, colors and temperatures. This school, this allegory of the Brazilian worker, parades for 12 months. Understand the root of this, which is the people who built this. The black Brazilian people with this mix of different corners of Brazil. I think this is a great move, “said the rapper. He still hopes that the festive days will help people understand that the most important thing they have is life.
“Resisting Love in SP”
“What does it mean to feel part of the city? What does it mean to you to allow yourself to celebrate your existence? Since we woke up in the boring and harsh reality of dormitory cities. We exist to serve someone […] This relationship of celebrating the city, of our existence, of understanding that there is something more than just playing cards, I think it fits into this phrase,” Criolo said about adapting the Baixo Augusta theme to Resisting love in SP.
For the artist it is a resistance to how far San Paolo still has to go and look “with affection” at all the territories and people, especially scattered in the suburbs. “A resistance to this love we have for the city […] We must think about what the city is, about how culture and art are truly a place to welcome our thoughts and questions,” he argued.
Musical diversity
Despite being a rapper, Criolo believes that recovering the cultural roots of music is important, since carnival is an “agenda” for people to celebrate, and people like everything. “We need to keep alive the whole history of music in Brazil. Why every marchenha, why every samba, what is a rural samba, why are there marchenhas. It’s a great time for people to connect with these songs from the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s, which carry with them so much of Brazil’s regional history.”
For him, carnival allows people to come into contact with their roots in a joyful and festive way, together with contemporary music. “A nice, simple way to hug everyone,” he says.
Furthermore, Criolo remained mysterious about what his presentation at the celebration will be like. “Will I sing rap? Maybe not? Will I sing samba? Will I sing forró? Will I sing maxixe? Xaxado? Coconut? I do not know. But I know that whatever happened, I’m there completely,” he promised.
“We look forward to making this soundtrack for your joy so that the whole year will be less painful, more pleasant, so that the city will be friendlier to those who are the true owners of this city, but who do not have that power […] May we be the soundtrack of a good time for all the people who visit, not just Baixo Augusta, because it is a whole that moves the city,” he added.
Source: Terra
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