Funk, Identity and Territory: Sea of Cultures promotes chat about the music genre

Funk, Identity and Territory: Sea of Cultures promotes chat about the music genre

Globo project takes this Thursday, at 19h, debate with DJ Malboro,
Mateus Aragão and Mc Leonardo at the Globo Kiosk

Movement originating from the peripheries and favelas of Rio de Janeiro, funk is the theme of the next Sea of ​​Cultures, day 3 September, Thursday, at 19h. In the presence of DJ Marlboro, Mateus Aragão and Mc Leonardo – subject matter experts –, Quiosque da Globo will promote a chat about funk as a musical and artistic genre, in addition to its contribution to the consolidation and strengthening of the cultural identities of the territories. This edition of the project is a partnership with Rio Parada Funk, event that will have its fifth edition on 13 September in the city center.

Main highlight of the funk carioca movement of the years 80, Fernando Luis Mattos da Matta, o DJ Malboro, was one of those responsible for disseminating the genre in the country and propagating the rhythm on an international scale. Also for conversation, Globo invited Mateus Aragão, cultural producer, organizer of Instituto Eixo Rio and creator and coordinator of Rio Parada Funk and Eu Amo Baile Funk, e Mc Leonardo, singer-songwriter and founder of APAFUNK (Association of Professionals and Friends of Funk). At the end of the chat, there will also be a special participation of the boys from Passinho Brasil, show that counts, through the memories of a young man, the origins and influences of the movement.

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About the sea of Cultures:

Since its debut, the sea of Cultures has received several guests to discuss current issues, that reflect the daily life of the river and the Grand River.

• Jesse Walker (writer) and In Cyrus (actress, singer, composer and psychoanalyst) – "Literature in transit";
• Binho Culture (writer and producer) and Jackson S (researcher) – "Literature in the peripheries";
• Marcus Faustini (actor, Director and writer) and Heloisa Buarque de Hollanda (researcher and writer) – "Periphery is Center? The geographical reorganization of the city ";
• Pedro Bial (journalist) and Aderaldo Luciano (musician and poet) – "The popular poetry: Verso or reverse?”;
• Antonio Leal and Cavi Borges-"Short River – more than a debate, a stimulus for the production of short films ";
• Marquinhos of Oswaldo Cruz (Samba) and Milton Cunha (Carnival) -"River of Samba – A wobbly chat";
• Xico Sá, Elaine Marcelina and Julia Michaels-"the woman in contemporary culture";
• Luciana Savaget, Luciana Sandroni and Anna Claudia Ramos-"children's and youth literature";
• Jackson Antunes, Junior Perim and Karla Concá-"Macro-Cultural diffusion of circus arts";
• Ana Botafogo, Michel Lamb and Silvia Soter – "Classical dance and urban dance: a possible dialogue?”;
• Marcos Caruso, Veríssimo Junior, Reinaldo Sant’ Ana and Carmen Mello – “the theater in different social contexts”.

About Rio Parada Funk:

Inserted in the Official Calendar of the City since 2013, Rio Parada Funk reaches its fifth edition and holds the biggest funk party in the world on Sunday, day 13 September, from 10:00 to 8:00 pm, in downtown Rio. This year, the event will take place simultaneously on three stages, dubbed by DJ Marlboro: Soul Funk by Laba, Bass Funk in Praça Tiradentes and Parada Funk in Carioca. Each one will honor a style and will bring together four sound teams and around 100 artists, selected by a team of top curators, known as “Funk Advisers”. Among them, Marlboro DJs and Music Producers, Grandmaster Raphael, little bat, Sany Pitbull, in addition to the members of the collective Eu Amo Baile Funk.