{"id":285011,"date":"2020-11-26T19:50:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T22:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=285011"},"modified":"2020-11-26T19:52:40","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T22:52:40","slug":"with-instruments-and-voices-arabs-shaped-brazilian-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/with-instruments-and-voices-arabs-shaped-brazilian-music\/","title":{"rendered":"With instruments and voices, Arabs shaped Brazilian music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 A concert devoted to the Arab-Brazilian musical connection would surely be a long one. The topic was discussed by historian and <strong>Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (ABCC) cultural director Silvia Antibas during a live stream this Thursday (26). The musical links include originally Arab instruments, rhythms brought to Brazil by immigrants from the Iberian Peninsula, enslaved Muslims, and even songwriters and singers of Arab descent.<\/p>\n<p>The live stream was hosted by the ABCC in partnership with the Embassy of Brazil in Lebanon, via the Brazil-Lebanon Cultural Center. Antibas went over references that hark back to the arrival of the Portuguese in Brazil. \u201cThose peoples from the Iberian Peninsula [Portugal and Spain] introduced Arab influence in Brazil. Portuguese music, such as the <em>fado<\/em>, cannot be studied without looking into the influence of the Andalusian territory,\u201d she explains, referencing a region that was greatly influenced by Arab peoples.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check out all of ANBA\u2019s stories on <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/category\/news\/culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Culture here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_284996\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-284996\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-11-26-at-17.04.45.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-284996 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-11-26-at-17.04.45-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-11-26-at-17.04.45-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-11-26-at-17.04.45-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-11-26-at-17.04.45-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-11-26-at-17.04.45.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-284996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In addition to the historian, the live stream featured a musical performance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>African slaves, many of whom were Muslims, brought along songs and prayers in Arabic. To explain Arab influence on <em>samba <\/em>music, Antibas discussed the history of the Mal\u00eas, a Muslim, Arabic-speaking people called the <em>nago <\/em>(aka Yoruba) who were enslaved and brought to Brazil. \u201cThose groups migrated from Bahia to Rio de Janeiro, bringing influences like the <em>batucada<\/em>, which would later inform <em>samba<\/em>. The first-ever <em>samba<\/em> song, \u2018Pelo Telefone\u2019 (On the Telephone), was written by Ernesto dos Santos in 1917,\u201d the researcher explained.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to <em>samba<\/em>, the adufe, an Arab tambourine similar to Brazil\u2019s pandeiro, is part of the history of Portela (<em>pictured at the top of this page<\/em>), one of Brazil\u2019s biggest <em>samba<\/em> schools (foto no topo da mat\u00e9ria). Antibas said that the jingle-less adufe was part of the songwriting process and of old-school meetings. It is mentioned in the book \u201cA Velha Guarda da Portela\u201d (Manati, 2001) by singer-songwriter Paulinho da Viola. The book was written by Jo\u00e3o Baptista de Medeiros Vargens, an Arabic professor at the Department of Oriental and Slavic Languages of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), and by Carlos Monte.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You may also enjoy reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/o-pulsar-da-percussao-arabe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The beat of Arab percussion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_285000\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-285000\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-11-26-at-17.04.46.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-285000 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-11-26-at-17.04.46-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-11-26-at-17.04.46-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-11-26-at-17.04.46-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-11-26-at-17.04.46-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-11-26-at-17.04.46.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-285000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The head of Culture and Education at the Embassy of Brazil in Beirut, Thiago Oliveira, moderated the live stream<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Antibas also drew a parallel between Northeast Brazil\u2019s <em>repente<\/em> music style and the Arab <em>jazal<\/em>, both of which are improvisation-driven forms. \u201cBoth the verses and the sounds are improvised in the <em>repente <\/em>and in the Arab <em>jazal<\/em>,\u201d she said. Songs in the <em>marchinha<\/em> genre of Brazilian Carnaval music have been directly influenced by Arab stories, like <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/o-aladim-original-veio-de-alepo-na-siria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alladin<\/a> and Sinbad, and some are satires, like the classic \u2018Allah-la-\u00f4.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The list of Brazilian musicians of Arab descent runs the gamut from rock to Brazilian folk. They include Frejat, Andr\u00e9 Abujamra, Fagner, <a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/os-multiplos-ritmos-de-fauzi-beydoun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fauzi Beydoun<\/a> of the band Tribo de Jah, Dorival Caymmi, and Ricardo Feghali of the Roupa Nova group, whose aunt is the Lebanese singer Sabah. The live stream featured the Brazilian musician Valtinho Cayuella, who played several Brazilian songs featuring an Arab touch.<\/p>\n<p>The stream is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/abcc.mea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABCC\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-285008\">Thiago Ribeiro\/AFP<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-284996\">ABCC Facebook Page<\/div>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-285000\">ABCC Facebook Page<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Brazilian rhythms were informed by the contributions of Arab people. In a live stream on Thursday (26), the historian and Arab Chamber cultural director Silvia Antibas traced back that influence, from 1500 until now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2324,"featured_media":285008,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[9649,18202,6308,6808,13643,18200,18201,13648,13633,34849,7878],"class_list":{"0":"post-285011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-arab-en","9":"tag-adufe-en","10":"tag-arab-influence","11":"tag-arabe-en-2","12":"tag-brazilian-music","13":"tag-jazal","14":"tag-marchinha","15":"tag-mpb-en","16":"tag-mpb","17":"tag-musica-brasileira-en","18":"tag-silvia-antibas-en"},"wps_subtitle":"Several Brazilian rhythms were informed by the contributions of Arab people. 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