Marku Ribas was an artist whose work deserved much more attention than it got. Throughout his career, he gave his public the gift and joy of risk taking creativity. The multi-talented and free spirited Ribas, was the artist who officiated the “polirritmia”, a technique of producing sounds with his own body. His performances were […]
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River Washing Music with the “Lavadeiras de Almera”
March 6, 2013 
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The “Lavadeiras de Almera” is a group of women who have spent their lives making a living from washing their community’s laundry at the margins of the mythical Jequitinhonha River, in Brazil. Their names are: Adélia Barbosa da Silva, Ana Isabel da Conceição, Emília Maria de Jesus, Juracy Lima da Silva, Mirian Fernandes Pessoa, Santa […]
Continue reading Singing Sadness Away: The “Meninas de Sinha”
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The “Meninas de Sinha” is a singing group formed by working class afro-descendent women. They are from the Aglomerado Vera Cruz, a favela in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerais. Their age group ranges from 50 to 93. The “Meninas de Sinha” was founded by Valdete da Silva Cordeiro […]
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