S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The Arab influence on Brazilian music began with the arrival of Mal\u00ea slaves in the country, in the XVIII Century. Although they were not Arab, they were Muslim and spoke the language very well. They also brought musical instruments that, in the beginning, were used to play religious music. That was just the beginning of a story that has already lasted three centuries, to be presented in talk \u201cThe Arabs in Brazilian music\u201d, by historian Silvia Antibas, at the Arab-Syrian Cultural Centre, on September 20th, at 8:00 pm.<\/p>\n
"The Arab immigrants, in turn, when they arrived, also had participation in music. Odalisques and the Arabian nights were covered by several different artists, as was the case with the Bedouins and pedlars,\u201d said Silvia. Graduated in History from the Pontifical Catholic University in S\u00e3o Paulo, her specialisation is in Museums from the University of Avignon, in France, and she has worked as the director of the Department for Preservation of Museum Assets, connected to the Culture Secretariat of the State of S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n
Among the most ancient examples of musicians of Arab origin, she mentions N\u00e1ssara and David Nasser, who composed carnival tunes. She also recalls Wanderl\u00e9a, from Jovem Guarda, and the Caymmi family, until reaching musicians like Waly Salom\u00e3o, Jo\u00e3o Bosco, Zeca Baleiro, Almir Sater and Frejat. "Arabs have been included in all rhythms in Brazil. They naturally installed themselves in the Brazilian society and are now in Samba, Rock, Pop and instrumental\u201d pointed out the historian.<\/p>\n
Regarding modern Arab musicians, Silvia points out: "Currently, I believe that women are standing out, like Mariana Aydar, Bruna Caram and Marina Elali. This is a generation of women that are turning up and that are interesting. They are great singers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Service
Talk: "The Arabs in Brazilian music"<\/b>
Date: September 20th
Time: 8:00 pm
Site: Arab-Syrian Cultural Centre (Noble Hall)
Rua Augusta, 1053 – S\u00e3o Paulo
Admittance is free<\/p>\n
*Translated by Mark Ament<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A talk should discuss Brazilian music from the 18th century to date. The event should take place in S\u00e3o Paulo, at the Arab-Syrian Cultural Centre, on September 20th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2313,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-culture"},"wps_subtitle":"A talk should discuss Brazilian music from the 18th century to date. The event should take place in S\u00e3o Paulo, at the Arab-Syrian Cultural Centre, on September 20th.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2313"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39306\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}