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Um Bloco em Poesia - Part 3

I present to you a few moments when we have organized various cultural activities. The current post is part of a sequence of previous posts:

1. Part-1
2. Part-2

Tribute to the Theater from Pernambuco:
Reinaldo Oliveira, Leda Alves and Aldemar Paiva

In the neighborhood of "Recife Antigo" (Brazil)

In front of the "Casa da Cultura" (city of Recife, Brazil)

Group of costumed men

Parade through the city of Recife avenues

Following the band of the group "Um Bloco em Poesia" and playing pandeiro

Tribute to the composer Getúlio Cavalcanti

Um Bloco em Poesia - Part 2

Here I present another part of the Post Um Bloco em Poesia - Part 1. It is the photographic record of many moments when I performed shows on stage, street parades and another events together with the group Um Bloco em Poesia (city of Recife, Brazil).

Homage to four great cultural Radio journalist:
Renato Phaelante, Mirian Leite, Ivan Ferraz and Hugo Martins

João Araújo

Women in carnival costumes (Um Bloco em Poesia)

Stage of the Marco Zero (city of the Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil)

Preparation time for the street parade:
orchestra Um Bloco em Poesia

Preparation time for the street parade:
orchestra Um Bloco em Poesia

A Very Exciting Event

It was a very exciting time of my artistic career. I had the opportunity to honor the writer and playwright Ariano Suassuna, a very important person for the Brazilian culture. This happened at a place called Marco Zero (in the city of Recife, Brazil). I was together with my friends from the group Um Bloco em Poesia. We were before an audience of over 30.000 people. Our group played a song that I and my musical partner Adalberto Cavalcanti have created especially for this event (the song is called Monumento Armorial and can be listened here). On the stage, I recited a poem and offered it to the master Ariano Suassuna.

Um Bloco em Poesia - Part 1

In Brazil I have helped to establish a cultural and musical group called Um Bloco em Poesia. We have organized several shows and events. The group has a band with 22 musicians, a choir with 10 singers and a group of 50 people with carnival costumes. In our presentations in clubs we have organized musical performances and recitals of poetry. In addition, we have made parades through the streets playing music for the people. Below I show some photos that record a few moments of the group Um Bloco em Poesia.

In Recife city (Pernambuco, Brazil) there are several places where we can listen and enjoy a good live music. People meet to play music together and to recite poetry. Ideas, dreams, music and poetry are shared. Everyone can experience an atmosphere of fraternity. Many of these places are public markets. We can visit several places in one night, making a musical journey to enjoy the original Brazilian culture and the music of the region, unlike as tourist places that usually disclose a superficial and a wrong culture.

The song "Recife Amanheceu em Mim" (literal translation: "Recife dawned on me") reports some of these itineraries, that means, some of these musical dreams. The song was composed by João Araújo and Luciano Magno and sung by Valéria Moraes. Enjoy and share it!

Recife Amanheceu em Mim

I want more

If we like something, we say "I want more". This is the translation of the title for the song "Frevo, Eu Quero Mais". The text of the song talks about the joy, the desire to celebrate the beauty of the blue sky, among other good things in the life. 

• Authors: João Araújo and Luciano Magno
• Musical Arrangement and singer: Luciano Magno

 Frevo, Eu Quero Mais

A Liga dos Blocos

Frevo-de-bloco is a music style performed by orchestra with instruments from wood and strings (usually consisting of guitars, banjos, mandolins, violins, percussion instruments, for example). There are many groups that make parade through the streets and they are called "Blocos Carnavalescos Líricos". This cultural movement emerged in the first decades of the twentieth century.

In this context we have composed the song "A Liga dos Blocos" (by João Araújo and Luciano Magno). The song was recorded with the voice of the singer André Rio. This song is a tribute to these groups, to this musical culture and to all persons that work to the maintenance of this Brazilian culture. 

A Liga dos Blocos

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