Boi-Bumba In Brazil

Question 1: The “Boi-Bumba” in Brazil blends Indigenous, African and European culture into one big festival every year and is a nationally celebrated occasion. Citizens gather to enjoy a three hour show with food, drinks and entertainment in an arena with 35,000 people. The Boi Bumba tradition dates back to the colonial days and represents the “kidnapping, death and resurrection of an ox.” The plot that is mainly told includes a “Portuguese master and his wife, a slave and his pregnant wife and other Afro-Brazilians and native slaves.” The slave, Pai Francisco, is told to of killed the ox in order to give the tongue of it to his wife, but his master orders him to bring the ox back to life, which he accomplishes and as a result people celebrate
This festival is most popular in Parintins, which is a city that also celebrates the “Amazon River's natural environment and caboclo culture.” Caboclo culture is the mix of indigenous and
The urban youth at this time also wanted a modern sounding music, since the “country mento” played at the time was not very popular. Building off of American R&B, the Jamaican youths created a “shuffle beat” based dance genre in which guitar and piano stabs were heard on the off beats, which was never heard previously. Due to poor economic environment at the time the music was hard to be heard, since there were no records stores and only a select few of Jamaicans had record players. It was even hard for local ska bands to play at clubs since they didn't have proper technological equipment. However, ska began to take off with the invention of the sound system. The sound system consisted of “one or two turntables, a powerful amplifier and speakers.” Deejays also became popular around this time by hyping up the crowd and talking over the instrumental tracks. During these performances, armed thugs were on stage in order to protect the sound equipment. Large groups of people began to watch these performances in urban areas which began to increase the popularity of