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ENGLISH VERSION CULTURE WAR

JuaZEiro do nortE, in Ceará, is located and bees and has become one of the most and memory of the place. This is a clear
in a curious region, in the center of the important guides in the region. intention of the center’s director and
Northeast, close to the borders with Piauí, In Potengi, next to Lagoa de Sassaré, curator Bitu Cassundé, Heritage and
Pernambuco and Paraíba. It was left out of Master Antônio Luiz, the oldest Memory manager.
the colonizers’ routes that took all types representative of the Reisado do Couro The experience appears to be
of minerals from Brazil to Europe. On the (one of the traditions created alongside the collaborative, as it should always be,
other hand, the climate allowed grazing Reisado do Congo), born in 1957, teaches it houses artists and curators who
and, with it, rich leather production. the rituals to the new generations who learn participated in the construction of the
This region forms a kind of valley, to “play ” with the same masks, clothing center, such as Luiz Santos and Carlos
surrounded by mountains and a forest, and in-betweens, built in 1978. Henrique Soares, who put together Amostra
the first to be preserved in Brazil by Unesco, The legend of Reisado is originally Prenascimento , with works created from
the Araripe-Apodi National Forest, which European, here in Brazil it has been revisited materials from the demolition of the old
is managed by the Chico Mendes Institute in the poorest neighborhoods since the 19th building.
for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMbio). century, where, through “facetas”, typical The exhibition by Efrain Almeida, from
It received and receives different masks, children transform into kings during Ceará, incarnate , brings together, in
migrations from the Northeast, but its the performances. addition to his traditional sculptures, a
greatest influence came from the presence In Crato, the Cariri Sérvulo Esmeraldo sequence of paintings specially developed
of the Catholic priest, born in 1844, in Crato, Cultural Center was built during the for the celebrations of the center’s two
Cícero Romão Batista, known as Padre pandemic, opened on April 1, 2022 and is years.
Cícero or Padim Ciço. part of the cultural equipment network of Photography curator, writer and editor
Expelled from the traditional Catholic the Ceará State Department of Culture. Diógenes Moura was invited to revisit
church for his adherence to syncretism and A deactivated historic building is located, the exhibition initially set up in 2018, for
his respect for other religions, considered measuring around 50 thousand square the Fotofestival SOLaR, held in the city of
heresies, he encouraged, among the city’s meters, built in the 1940s to house the Fortaleza and which was later presented
population, the idea that in each house it Seminary of the Order of the Holy Family at the Afro Brasil Museum in São Paulo,
was necessary to have an altar in the front for religious education and closed in adding themes such as the national tragedy
and a studio in the back. . Understanding 1969. From 1973 it operated as the Manoel caused by the covid-19 pandemic, the
a studio as a space for everything that de Abreu Hospital and ended being fires in the Amazon. In Rio de Janeiro,
refers to “doing”. Be it food, masks, toys, deactivated in 2014. with more than 300 photographs, earth
sculptures, musical instruments, tools. A “The Carirí Cultural Center is managed in trance expanded the portrait of a country
highly respected educator and considered through a partnership between the marked by enormous contradictions.
a reference for social behavior. Department of Culture of the Government “To update the exhibition at the Cultural
This may be one of the explanations for of Ceará, Secult Ceará and the Instituto Center, the editing was done alongside
the sensation of being in the middle of an Mirante de Cultura e Arte, which photographer Allan Bastos. (…) earth in
exceptionally horizontal society, apparently understands the need to invest as a public trance is an exhibition made to hurt, silent,
frozen in time, almost pre-industrial. policy in education, health, territory, in a merciless about the great abyss that is
Since then, no large factories have been survival strategy where Culture is the result Brazil. For this reason, each photograph
installed on the outskirts and, as a result, of several structural actions for human needs time to be seen. It is an exhibition
a working class resulting from a traditional development”, says Rosely Nakagawa, contrary to the world of speed.”
bourgeoisie, that of the production line, director of the Centro Cultural do Cariri, The Centro Cutural do Carirí is a precious
which clocks in with cards, has not been created Galeria Fotoptica with Thomas space, which hosts conversation circles,
created. The majority work in services, Farkas in 1979, is a curator and cultural picnics in its park, outdoor music shows,
education, commerce and crafts. It is a manager, and She was one of the first an initiative worthy of being told and
society that respects and worships masters, curators at SeSC Pompéia in São Paulo supported.
citizens who brought their family stories of in the 1980s.
popular culture to the community. The Center, with support from the thankS:
In 2003, the Living Treasures Law was population, technicians and professionals To the entire team that welcomed us, helpful
enacted, which recognizes more than 120 from universities, institutes and and full of stories to tell. People who like
masters from the region and grants them a associations, has become a source of what they do. Thank you Bibiana Belisário,
lifetime scholarship with a minimum wage, learning and work for the region. It houses one of the most competent communication
a type of retirement that allows them to state-of-the-art radio, design rooms, managers I have met; to Samuel Macedo,
continue passing on their wisdom and painting, drawing and sculpture studios. our driver, photographer nominated for the
being a reference for young people. Dozens It has a fully equipped space for theater Pipa Prize; to Pamela Quiros and Aécio Diniz,
of artisans offer their work at Centro Mestre and shows, called Palco Escola, directed responsible for the future inauguration of the
Noza, Association of Artisans of Juazeiro by Américo Córdula, who teaches stage radio, and to everyone who accompanied
do Norte. presence, bringing the strength of ancestry, us. To Rosely Nakagawa, for her impeccable
In the National Forest, Master Galdino, through performances, theater and dance. performance and for the invitation, and to
a biodiversity specialist, knows everything The exhibition rooms currently feature Tiago Santana, director-president of the
about animals, medicinal plants, flowers three exhibits that relate to the history Instituto Mirante de Cultura e Arte.

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