7 curiosities you create about o frevo

Uma das more conhecidos manifestações de rua do povo brasileiro é o frevo.

Typical of Pernambuco, it is a busy and colorful cultural expression on the streets of Olinda and Recife at the time of the carnival, spreading multiple folios every year.

1. O frevo arose as a form of black resistance

A historia do frevo é antiga. No end of the 19th century, the Brazilian social situation was one of conflict, with a post-abolition of a large number of ex-escravados taking over urban spaces.

Assim, during the carnival blocos de rua, as popular classes made up of marginalized entrepreneurs manifested through a number of frenetic dance years of military bands that play sopro instruments.

Therefore, we can say that the origin of frevo is directly linked to a history of resistance to black poverty.

2. Or frevo mixura various popular expressões

Or frevo is a combination of dance and music that arises as a result of various popular genres.

A music was influenced by maxixe and a march, enquanto a dance - que é chamada de passo - tem grande influência da

capoeira, or that it is possible to observe acrobatic movements of both as expressões.

3. A palavra frevo tem origem em um verb

An expression used to designate that culture appears as a non-verb alteration “ferver”. As people costumavam dizer que iriam frever, referring to agitation.

Foi in 1907 that the thermos was used for the first time, to be quoted in a local journal.

4. A sombrinha do frevo was previously a form of defense

I did not start, as people who “frequent” the streets of Pernambuco appear as entertainment, but mainly as resistance to oppression.

They were mostly home to poor litters, with opportunities for work and with indignation to spare. The use of capoeira movements - which was forbidden at the time - e levavam nas mãos porretes made of wood as weapons.

Depois, by conta da repressão, passaram to use chuvas-keeper Pontos do not place two stubs. As the tempo and the transformation of the dance, you save-chuvas foram replaced by little umbrellas colorful. Browse roupa do frevo also displays various cores.

5. There are 3 types of frevo

Sim, there are some vertentes of popular culture of frevo. O more conhecido é o frevo de rua, that made in a public space in which you passistas dance ao som frenzy two instruments of sopro.

Há também o frevo-song, sung with a slower rhythm. E last o frevo from bloco, uma vertente that, além two instruments of sopro, counted with instruments of string. Also known as "bloco march."

6. There is a day in homage to Frevo

Or day chosen to be a celebration of culture of frevo, not present in the state of Pernambuco, and February 9. This is the day that a Frevo word was quoted for the first time by Jornal Pequeno, a regional newspaper that existed in the first goal of the XX century.

The cities of Olinda and Recife are customary to commemorate data with a rich program.

7. O frevo é patrimônio da Humanidade

O frevo was considered Imaterial Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2012. Before, in 2007, he had received this title for the National Historic and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN).

Appreciate dança do frevo as the group do Studio Viégas de Dança, from Recife:

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