{"id":58688,"date":"2017-11-09T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/escaesco.com.br\/lab\/anba\/brazilian-book-released-in-egypt\/"},"modified":"2018-05-09T14:25:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T16:25:52","slug":"brazilian-book-released-in-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazilian-book-released-in-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian book released in Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazil\u2019s Ni\u00e1gara Cruz released her children\u2019s book Lua de Couro <\/em>(Portuguese for Leather Moon) last month in Egypt. She was in the country to work on a musical project with local Portuguese students. A Rio de Janeiro resident originally from Brazil\u2019s Mato Grosso do Sul state, Ni\u00e1gara is a writer and a musician. The book, whose Brazilian release is slated for December, tells the story of a young man lost in the desert.<\/p>\n

His name is Lua (Portuguese for moon). Feeling cold, hungry and lonely, he wanders across the desert and comes upon an ox, a smooth-billed ani bird and a calango lizard. Then, he reaches a location packed with people who are all as lost as he is. Here, a few cultural manifestations take place, and it rains. It even rains star-drops. \u201cMagical things happen,\u201d says Ni\u00e1gara.<\/p>\n

An excerpt from the book reads: Lua que anda pelo c\u00e9u e se transforma…\/E n\u00e3o \u00e9 que a lua anda como o povo que procura como viver e se transforma como o povo que precisa sobreviver?\/Ela parece feita de couro.\/Lua de Couro…<\/em>**.<\/p>\n

The Portuguese-language book is an independent release. Although Egypt\u2019s official language is Arabic, there are Portuguese speakers in the country. The Portuguese Language Department at Aswan University, for instance, offers a graduate course on the subject.<\/p>\n

Ni\u00e1gara was in Aswan from October 11 to 25. She was invited by the university and by Brazilian journalist M\u00e1rcia Machado\u2019s cultural project Egito no Brasil<\/em> (Egypt in Brazil). Ni\u00e1gara\u2019s activities in the country were organized by Aswan\u2019s Portuguese Language Department coordinator Maged ElGebaly and by M\u00e1rcia Machado.<\/p>\n

The Brazilian writer presented her book to children at the Luxor Science school, and to students in the Aswan University Portuguese language course. She also coordinated musical activities with the kids \u2013 music is her main line of work \u2013 covering Brazilian folk music, samba and nursery rhymes (cantigas de roda<\/em>). She used instruments she built using PET bottles.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Portuguese students in Aswan sat through two workshops with Ni\u00e1gara and then gave a presentation of the contents at the Aswan Cultural Center. They also played, sang and danced to songs like Cai, cai bal\u00e3o<\/em>, Ciranda da Rosa Vermelha<\/em> and Samba Lel\u00ea<\/em>. The national anthems of Brazil and Egypt were played, and the PET instruments were used. As soon as she arrived in Egypt, Ni\u00e1gara immersed herself into local culture as she researched the music that\u2019s played in the country.<\/p>\n

Lua de Couro<\/em> is the second children\u2019s book by Ni\u00e1gara Cruz. The first one, O Jardim dos Sentidos<\/em>, was released some five years ago by publisher Irm\u00e3os Vitale. It tells the story of a sad, upset girl who finds a garden as she strolls down the street. Both books include CDs for children learning to read and for visually impaired kids. The CD enclosed in Lua de Couro<\/em> features voiceovers set to music by Gaetano Galifi.<\/p>\n

Ni\u00e1gara, of song and language <\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite her inroads into children\u2019s literature, Ni\u00e1gara is best known for her musical work. A native of Dourados raised in Campo Grande, she was once in the Mato Grosso do Sul Classical Orchestra. She also taught music lessons in the state before moving to Rio de Janeiro to attend music school Conservat\u00f3rio Brasileiro de M\u00fasica. She ended up building her career in Rio.<\/p>\n

Ni\u00e1gara started out by teaching classes at Col\u00e9gio Pedro II, a traditional federal public school, under a temporary work contract \u2013 she is now a full teacher there. She holds a postgraduate degree in Musical Therapy from Conservat\u00f3rio Brasileiro de M\u00fasica and a master\u2019s in Musicology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Ni\u00e1gara also teaches free courses at the Conservat\u00f3rio.<\/p>\n

Her past projects include writing and performing music for theater plays, musical selection for dance presentations, workshops on PET instrument-making, album recordings, and musical duos. As soon as she began considering writing children\u2019s stories, poet friends of hers encouraged her to get them out there. \u201cI\u2019ve been teaching kids lessons since I was 14,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

In addition to the soundtrack by Gaetano Galifi, Lua de Couro<\/em> features illustrations by Leandro Segga, proofreading by Ariadne de Creta, sound editing by Christian Caselli, voices by Alexandre Souza, Crassis Vieira and Ariel Souza, and printing by Polo Printer. The book is available directly from the writer (see details below).<\/p>\n

Quick facts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Ni\u00e1gara Cruz
\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/niagaracruz
\nEmail: profniagaracruz@gmail.com
\nPhone: +55 (21) 9 8600-5257<\/p>\n

**Moon that wanders across the sky and transforms\u2026\/And isn\u2019t it true that the moon wanders like the people seeking a way to live and transforms like the people who must survive?\/It seems made of leather.\/Leather Moon<\/p>\n

*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n

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