How the Favelas shaped Samba and Carnival in Brazil
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- In the city of Rio De Janeiro, around 23-24% of the population live in the Favelas and within these makeshift neighbourhoods, is where the origins of Samba lies. Despite the dangerous environment it somehow gave the country of Brazil it’s most recognisable sound and shaped the biggest carnival in the world.
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Just a quick note, I majorly screwed up the Rio Population count, as of 2020 it stands at 6,636,673 not 1,500,000 🤦🏼♂️
However, the point still stands that the percentage of people living in the Favelas is still overwhelming.
I was think the same thing when I saw you recite that statistic I was thinking to myself huh this is a relatively small city aint it l! 🤣 but thanks for the correction!
I was enjoying it...until you butchered the name of the favela Rocinha ahah ouch
When they were “relocated’ from Africa? You mean “stolen”, “enslaved”, etc..
Yes 100%
Exactly... I find that he really glossed over the racial and cultural divides within Brazil and it seemed almost deliberate that he mentions África but not Africans and how the reasons why favelas existent...
Yes it’s about samba and not a deeper issue... but one can’t talk about one without the other....
@@aart2100 right!
You mean bought n sold not stolen
African tribes conquered other African tribes and sold them there are still slaves white n black in Africa in 2024 social warrior join ask a 🇺🇸 MILITARY MEMBER that does humanitarian assistance all over the world 🌎
Thank you so much for putting this together. I'm homeschooling my daughter and we're studying Brazil. You really brought together a tremendous amount of history and culture in one video. It's gorgeous and easy to understand. Thank you
I danced in Carnival 2019, it was the best experience of my life. It rained on the day that my school danced, but that doesn’t mean anything cause the show must go on!
THAT’S SO DAMN COOL!!!
2:41 Morro da Providência was founded in 1897 by veterans of the War of Canudos who had become destitute because politicians stole their pension fund. It was originally called Morro da Favela (Favela Hill) after a hill at the battle site.
Dude, why are you so underrated? This video almost has the production quality of a Vox documentary and that says a lot as an independent creator! Keep it up, you've just earned yourself a new subscriber
on a ten minutes video it's 7 minutes of his face . He's not underrated.
doing this for my music class, this made me understand things a lot more
Amazing what you can do with unused footage. I missed this place already, your video made me miss it even more! Great job
Thanks so much dude, glad you enjoyed it. It's such a brilliant City, It made me really want to revisit it too!
I don't usually see videos about the place where I live, but this time I clicked because you were talking about samba, and I simply can't resist samba.
I really liked your brief explanation about the favelas history, it really matches with the stories that I heard when I was a little child and later at school. My grandma arrived in Rocinha when it was just a few hundred residents, and watched it's growth to a 70K people neighbourhood. And living in Rocinha, samba was always part of life, the Samba School was more than a place to listen to music and seeing the ones you loved, it still is a place of charity. It's normal to hosts events in which you can buy a delicious Feijoada (a local food) for really low prices ($1~$2 USD), with that they could feed those who don't have enough to afford food.
Finally watched this! So good mate! Honestly I had no idea about the origin of the Favelas...like literally zero clue! That picture of the initial ones was pretty crazy to see versus today's mammoth communities on those hillsides!
Oh Andy! I am was born in Chile, grew up in Australia, but my heart is.. and always will be in Brasil. My love for dancing took me to Brasil, where I made my dream come true.. to see the Carnaval in Rio. I have made 4 trips there so far, and I convinced my cousin, my uncle, my mum and dad and also my partner to see for themselves what an amazing place this is. I really enjoyed this video. So informative. Loved your images. You have done a great job... thankyou... thankyou... thankyour!
The first samba school of Rio de Janeiro was not Estação Primeira de Mangueira, but instead it was Deixa Falar (which can roughly be translated as "Let Them Speak" or even "Let Them Gossip"), whose headquarters were at Morro do Estácio, very close to where the Sambadrome was built decades later. In fact, Portela is the oldest one, once it was founded back in 1923, although it was originally not a samba school, but a "bloco", that is, a social gathering for block parties; its original name was quite different (Vai Como Pode = It Goes As Far As It Can). Greetings from Brazil!
Thank you for the correction and adding some more insight Darci!
And Portela?
i had to watch this for my music class
That’s so cool!! Hope it helped
Same
Same
You deserve more ngl you exsplain this very well while keeping it interesting
Great video , wish it was longer but you covered the information quite well. Bravo . I am a brand ambassador a trinidadian caribbean carnival team based in Washington , DC and can truly say that you did your homework . Thanks for the information . Wish others would share the impact that the people of the favelas have on that wonderful country especially carnival contributions are spectular and great source of pride . HATS OFF AND BLESS UP !!!!!!!!!!
Hey Michelle, thanks so much for this comment! Glad to hear you enjoyed it. I really loved researching and making this video and would love to attend carnival one day
@@AndyMBurgess well after Covid 19. Of course go there however, I encourage you to do Trinidad and Tobago Carnival because you can join a band and cross the stage . And you have an open invitation to come and play mas with us in Baltimore Carnival, which is normally the 2nd Saturday in July. Just like everywhere else it takes almost a yr to prepare. We'd love to have you with us for Richard's Carnival!!!!!!
michelle brown wow they all sound amazing! Thanks so much for the invite. I will make it to w carnival one day!! (Post Covid life)!
Well done, Andy. I have included your video link in a workbook I'm preparing for my IGCSE Music students who are studying Brazilian Music as their world music focus. Your explanation of the origins of the style is superb.
How about including some drumming and dancing in the next samba video. I really enjoyed learning about the history.
Really enjoyed this. Fantastically presented. Thanks Andy 😍
aha nice documentary. very high quality, I watched this in my music class (i'm in year 9 and learning about samba!) and I think this deserves so much more views!
Finally, a well made video about the history of Samba, good on you mate!
Amazing!!! Thank you so much!!
Great work! But 1.5 mil residents in Rio? It’s definitely more like 5-7 mil in the city, with many more in the greater metro area. The entire state has 16 mil people.
The musical characteristics is a bit restricted to the samba you'd find played by baterias, specially at samba schools, and it is important to keep in mind that it is a single subgenre of the larger style that is samba. You can hardly call all sambas up tempo if you take in consideration stuff like samba-canção or even just the slower sambas, among which many of the most famous pieces of the genre are to be found .
a vary helpful vids Andy burgess, inturesting and helped me with my school worck
Dude. This looks great! Nicely done!
Glad you like it Richard!
Dude this is a great piece of content. Don't stop making these videos - I wouldn't be surprised if I see you doing Vox Borders alongside Johnny a few years from now. 👏🏽
Thanks, mate glad you enjoyed it. Got a few more episode ideas in the pipeline, stay tuned
It’s homelearning and I have to watch this for music class 😭
Really enjoyed your video thanks a ton! Packed with info.....would've enjoyed seen more dancing, but understand why not!
Glad you enjoyed it Heather!
Thank you man!
you deserve way more subs!!!
That was so well done and really informative 👏 My favorite bit was around the birth of the favellas and their relationship with samba. Now we want to see you dance it in the next video 😁
Glad you enjoyed it Lucas. I actually had that happening in my initial script and took it out because I knew that would be an instant exit for everyone 😂
It's always good to watch your videos!! so interesting bro!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Thank you Angelo 👌🙃
Thanks for making this, used this video for school !
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Same
Amazing video man.
Thanks Tomi 👊
Good effort!!!mate can't believe you shot this with your iPhone back then!!!Good stuff!!Love it!!
Thanks Jamie, yeah it was a challenge editing old limited footage but I think it came out alright! Thanks for the comment dude
@@AndyMBurgess You're welcome!!!Buddy great job!!!
thanks i needed to watch this for my class
Dude, nice editing man! :D
Glad you liked it dude!
what song was that at the start of the vid?
Gringos think brazil is only Rio and favelas,but Brazil have continental size and have many safe and beautiful places
It is my dream to visit Brazil during Carnival
I’m watching this for my school
Very informative as usual. Too bad most of the world is under lockdown, so likely you couldn't get footage of yourself immersed in the city's culture. That always makes a difference, but not muct we can do about the current situation. Hopefully things will get back to normal soon and travel can resume. Until then, stay safe!
Thank you! Yes I would have loved to have more footage shot on the ground but really happy with what I could do given the circumstance! Thanks for the ongoing support stay safe too!
@@AndyMBurgess Still a very well made video nevertheless!
No mention of the Salt Stone?
Love the Storay. Reminds me of African Americans and Hip Hop & R&B🧡
I believe you touched an important surface of samba in Rio, but I would be careful of using words like “always in major” or “origin”, as that is quite missleading. If you want to dig a little deeper and find the origins of samba you should look into Bahia, not in Rio. Yes, it is mostly seen as a musical expression of urban Rio de Janeiro, but the Bahian samba de roda (dance circle) is the main root of the sambas in Rio. If I remember correctly you can trace it back to the 17th century. Also, like I mentioned, saying that it’s only in major is just wrong. Yes, maybe in the more modern and “developed” samba it is, as it is more for carnival and let’s say fun, but like any genre, samba also has songs with minor harmonies and I would not put it nor to major, nor to minor - it is very diverse and has quite complex harmonies. Safe travels man!
Glad you shared this! Samba is most definitely not "always in major" - it is music that organically grew from African culture within Brazil, primarily Bahia and Rio to my knowledge.
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Great video, great photography, but I have to correct something. Samba was born in Bahia, Salvador, but it was in Rio de Janeiro that it took root :)
To not mention the marches from Portugal and the way the different bairros represented themselves in festive marches.... Not cool.
Check out as marchas populares by Marília abel
Your use of the word “migrants” is erroneous at best.... it’s very offensive and extremely inappropriate to use in this context...
They were not “migrants”..... they were descendants of people who were stolen from their land and held hostage, brutalized and forced to work for free to generate profit for the Portuguese .... they were descendants of slaves....
The word “migrant” is abhorrent as it completely disregards the realities of what actually happened...
You also neglected to mention race outside of the origin of same from African descendants... the favelas are overwhelmingly black people and the talking about class and socioeconómica without even mentioning the racial divide comes across as disingenuous...
Anyways.... The video itself was well done and overall informative, but it’s a bit cringey and hard to ignore the omissions of certain details, as someone who is fully aware of the history of Brazil , and its historic and current racial transgressions.
Example of “whitesplaining”... it may have been unintentional but it’s very problematic, because you as a content creator have to consider that for a lot of people who view your videos... this could potentially be their only reference point to understanding Brazil and its history.
Hi,
Whilst I understand your point, but didn't he mention that "2 million slaves arrived at the port..."? Yes, after that he did mention them as migrants, but in my opinion, isn't is disrespectful to refer to the victims of such a heinous crime as "slaves", especially when he already mentioned earlier about the slaves arriving in Brazil?
I would also like to mention that I am asking this out of curiosity and not to defend the author. I would like to see your reasoning as to why merely mentioning the sentence "2 million slaves arrived at the port..." wasn't good enough.
*poGgeRs*
Samba is African?! Got it.
@@MsMaymello Samba can't be compared to Jazz no...!!!
Jazz is clearly of "Western influence"
Clearly...musically...trumpets, saxophones...aren't African items initially...
Até a palavra "Samba" é Áfricano..."Samba" é um nome no África...muita gente tem o nome "Samba" ali...em vários lugares do África...Mali...no Congo...
Samba music is overwhelming African...in influence...yes there also are European n Indígena influence in the sound, but bottom line is "Áfricanos levaram o bagulho aqui"...
Praça onze-Cais do Valongo RJ "Pequena África" naquela época.
Até no inicio, a música samba era proibida.Você pode fazer tua própria pesquisa...vai ver...
@@MsMaymello O samba é Carioca Brasileira sim claro...mas a verdade é do que os Áfricanos começaram a parada.
A maior influência é Áfricana com certeza...isso é um fato mesmo.
Mas sem nenhuma dúvidas O Samba é Brasileira sim...
@@MsMaymello Tu pode discreditar Áfricanos si tu quiser...eu sei queles sabem fazer músicas bonitas também..."ritmos pré-históricos"...???
Tu tem que pesquisar um poco mais sobre a influência Áfricana na música em geral...tu entende nada...
@@MsMaymello Sou Brasileiro Carioca...não tou discredito ninguém...só tou dizendo a verdade...
@@MsMaymello tá bom
Namoral valéu...
Actually, Rio's population is 6.5 million people. And the songs at the beginning were not samba. Nice video anyways.
Thanks for noticing that mistake Mateus, I messed that one up. I wasn't intending on using all Samba songs throughout the video but I'm glad you still enjoyed it dude!
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Lol Rio De Janeiro city's population isn't 1.5 millions lol😅😅😅
Where you got that from?
Rather almost 7 millions that's more exact!!!!
It was 6.800.000 inhabitants back in 2020...we just talkin' about the city.
Now if you add up the "Metro Urban Area" it's 14.5 millions close to 15 millions...
Don't know where you got that 1.5 millions from lol São Gonçalo alone is pretty much 1.2 millions...Duque de Caxias is 1 million also...how you came up with 1.5 millions for Rio De Janeiro??
Rio De Janeiro is a "Huge city"
The origins of Samba do not come from Rio. The origins of Samba come from Salvador via Africa and the slave trade. Do some research and don’t misinform folks about the real history of this phenomenon. Rio has just popularized something that has existed for centuries
Leave the favelas alone give people jobs and they will make happy
I stopped watching when he showed a wind instrument playing a Caribbean music and saying: "that's samba"!...... No. That's not samba. Wrong rhithm, wrong instruments, wrong culture, wrong country.