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Murga

  • Rice
  • October 28, 2023 at 6:15 PM

There are 9 replies in this Thread which has previously been viewed 1,076 times. The latest Post (October 29, 2023 at 9:44 AM) was by UK Man.

  • Rice
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    • October 28, 2023 at 6:15 PM
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    A carnaval murga group is practicing on the plaza as I write. I remember writing about this particular weekly brain-numbing, repetitive percussion 4 or 5 years back, as the relentless drumbeat lifts straight up and slams through the apartment.

    While not exactly learning to love it, I am learning some respect for the tradition and symbolism. It’s something I (grudgingly) miss when we’re away.

  • Splinter
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    • October 28, 2023 at 7:27 PM
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    Like this you mean?

    :yay:

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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    GlasgowJohn
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    • October 28, 2023 at 7:27 PM
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    Sorry, Rice , but I find the Murga very difficult to like.

    Give me the Brazilian Carnaval any day of the week. 8) 8) 8)

  • Bombonera
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    • October 28, 2023 at 7:44 PM
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    I've been to Carnival in Salvador, Recife and Olinda.

    Salvador was just hours of drunken fighting and protecting my pregnant partner-bloody awful quite frankly. Recife and Olinda was more fun but still not my thing if I'm honest.

    I've been to Rio but not for Carnival.

    I don't see how anyone enjoys it really.

  • Rice
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    • October 28, 2023 at 7:57 PM
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    Splinter , that’s the cadence, all right. But what we have under our windows is huge bass drums, not tinny little snare drums.

    Still, we have the dancers practicing with them too, and I’m just now learning about the slavery origins and symbolism of the various moves.

  • Splinter
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    • October 28, 2023 at 8:23 PM
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    How about this?

    A Brit In Buenos Aires

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    GlasgowJohn
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    • October 28, 2023 at 9:43 PM
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    Those guys have some rythmn , unlike any murgas I have heard.

  • UK Man
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    • October 28, 2023 at 10:14 PM
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    We hear the ruddy murgas practicing every week somewhere closy by. It all sounds f'ing boring if you ask me. My missus curses them as she seems to think they're all K supporters!!

  • Rice
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    • October 29, 2023 at 9:36 AM
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    The showmen in the video have a very precise drum and dance routine, with steps reminiscent of tango. Murga groups aren’t professional drummers or dancers - - the dancers galumph around with no graceful moves at all, and the drummers just relentlessly bang on those big bass drums. But the dance tells a story of liberation from slavery, and the group itself provides a kind of unity and pride among members, who, like the guys in your video, come from the same neighborhoods.

  • UK Man
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    • October 29, 2023 at 9:44 AM
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    Our bunch just bang loudly on their drums....there's nowt musical about it. I get the impression it's just a weekly get together to share a smoke of something.

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