Investigation Zumbi dos Palmares was an Afro-Brazilian legend and symbol of resistance from Brazil’s colonial time. He was the leader of the quilombos‚ a community formed by fugitive slave farmers‚ Indians and poor whites. He officially became the chief of the Quilombo dos Palmares‚ located in Pernambuco‚ in 1680 after leading a civil war and defeating their current leader‚ Ganga Zumba. Zumbi resisted the Portuguese colonial oppression for 14 years until the expedition led by Domingos Jorge Velho
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Zumbi dos Palmares was an Afro-Brazilian legend and symbol of resistance from Brazil’s colonial time. He was the leader of the quilombos‚ a community formed by fugitive slave farmers‚ Indians and poor whites. He officially became the chief of the Quilombo dos Palmares‚ located in Pernambuco‚ in 1680 after leading a civil war and defeating their current leader‚ Ganga Zumba. Zumbi resisted the Portuguese colonial oppression for 14 years until the expedition led by Domingos Jorge Velho destroyed the
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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
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As explained in Alma Guillermoprieto’s Samba‚ Brazilian samba and carnival allowed those who participated in the dance to come together to participate in Carnaval‚ a popular celebration during Lent. Samba‚ a popular dance in Rio de Janiero‚ Brazil‚ was an important symbol in Brazilian’s identity for people who faced poverty and racism to unite as a community where people’s differences in their backgrounds disappear. In the article The Prehistory of Samba: Carnival Dancing in Rio de Janeiro‚ 1840-1917
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make the viewers feel a sense of relating to the catadores. Techniques often used to further this contention include the use of interview and direct-to-camera talk. An example of this is an interview with Jardim Gramacho’s unofficial librarian‚ Zumbi. Zumbi passionately talks about his son‚ asserting that he doesn’t want his son to be a picker like him; instead he wants him to be a lawyer or a
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The origin of the word ‘zombie’ according to Articulteantagonist (2017) is used to represent the name of god or spirit known as snake-deity which is a serpent spirit related to the voodoo cults of West African origin and rural Haitian folklore. The spirit sometimes known as Li Grande Zombi . In addition‚ Coe (2014) informed that‚ in part of Caribbean and southern United States‚ the word zombie referred to the ‘phantom’ or ‘ghost’ due to the association with the meaning of zombie referring to a divine
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Zombies are fictional undead creatures created through the reanimation of human corpses. Zombies are most commonly found in horror and fantasy genre works. The term comes from Haitian folklore where a zombie is a dead body animated by magic. Modern depictions of zombies do not necessarily involve magic but invoke other methods such as viruses. Zombies have a complex literary heritage‚ with antecedents ranging from Richard Matheson and H. P. Lovecraft to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein drawing on European
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and all the other pickers who participated in the project needed to either go out of Jardim or move to a more promising place. Five out of seven of the pickers who participated in the project bought a house after their work in the studio. Tiao and Zumbi were able to open a library for the pickers and help their association grow. Irma was able to open her own restaurant in small neighbourhood in Rio. Four out of seven of the pickers
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Documentary films are known to use a variety of methods‚ such as images‚ sounds‚ and different film techniques‚ in order to bring forth an argument. Many documentary filmmakers use their documentaries as an attempt to somehow change or improve society. The documentary‚ Waste Land‚ is directed by Lucy walker and features contemporary artist Vik Muniz‚ who is well known for creating art out of trash and recyclables. The film follows Muniz as he collaborates with five catadores (garbage pickers)‚ making
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1 International Baccalaureate History of the Americas HL Required Summer Reading Study Guide Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America By John Charles Chasteen Foreign Affairs November/December 2000 states: Born in Blood and Fire is a briskly written yet sophisticated introduction to Latin America that will be greatly welcomed by non-specialists and experts alike. Chasteen paints on a very broad canvas‚ but he succeeds in capturing with enviable conciseness the major ingredients
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