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“Batucada” refers to the percussion ensemble used in samba music. A “batucada” can also be played on pots and pans, in celebration and/or protest. It is a common way of gathering people and communities in Brazil, open to participation by all.
In this event the main instruments used in the “batucada” will be the body and the singularities of each participant, as the rhythmical structures, repetitive style and fast pace of the music are translated into a choreographic composition.
Batucada is an anti-Olympic parade stuck in time and space, in a kind of suspension that operates as a re-organization of its movements and goals, charging the occupied public space with a symbolic power. A parade to demonstrate, to protest and to celebrate the human community, considering diversity and antagonism to be an essential part of democratic revolution.
Batucada is an urban rite, a civil procession, the allegoric défilé of a hypnotic circus, a pagan carnival, a barbarian feast, a masquerade protest, the bursting out of an inner revolution.