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Funk Music,
Brazil’s Poor People’s Opium
Funk Music,
Brazil’s "Funk Music" (Funk, the local music of the lower class) is currently popular The heat is in full swing. The night dance party attracted thousands of young people from all walks of life into the venue, and countless CDs were selling well. Some dance moves with a Brazilian "funk" atmosphere are secretly popular in New York, Washington, Miami and other places.
The popularity of "funk music" is mainly attributed to the so-called "slum style" by people at home and abroad in Brazil. In Paris, there is a nightclub called "Favela Chic" (Favela Chic) to attract the melody and food of the Brazilian slums.
In Brazil, TV stars often live temporarily in slums to increase their qualifications in the future. On the Sao Paulo runway, beautiful models wore slum-like fashions, including swaying poses of "gang jeans" for $200 each. Some travel agencies even organize "half-day slum tours."
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sociologists and cultural observers who vent the poor believe that the rise of slum fashion is just as popular as mainstream American rap music. In Brazil, as in the United States, certain melody and style originating from poor areas may be particularly popular among middle- and upper-class teenagers.
There are 170 million people in Brazil, most of whom are poor. In Brazil, sociologists are more worried about "funk music", worrying that once poverty rises, it may have adverse effects.
Many people who speak for the poor believe that music such as samba, and festivals such as carnivals can be regarded as the comfort of the lower-class people in society, which can avoid the outbreak of powerful movements and alleviate the suffering caused by serious injustice in Brazilian society. "Funk music" and readily available illegal drugs, including cocaine, which can be bought for 50 cents, are regarded as channels for lower-level people to vent their grievances.
Rio de Janeiro’s “Global Justice” leader Gavaralo said: “The opium of the poor used to be samba and football, but now it’s funk music and cocaine.”
Funk music is actually a mirror.
Supporters pointed out that nowadays, "funk music" is also emerging in big cities such as Sao Paulo, showing that "funk music" is popular in all directions, not just for the likes of the people in the market or the profit of drug dealers.
In Rio de Janeiro, the lyrics of "funk music" are often inseparable from sex, violence and black humor. "Funk music" fans say, "Funk music" is actually just a mirror, reflecting the growing tragic poverty in Latin America.
"DJ Marlboro", the famous producer of "Funk Music" in Brazil, said that "Funk Music" is like a Brazilian dish. it became the national dish, because it comes from the essence of the country: the poor whether you like it or not, the rise of funk music should make the case outlook "
Brazil" funk "rise in the 1980s, the United States The fusion of culture and Latin elements becomes an original artistic expression, just like the Bossa Nova music that fused American jazz and Brazilian samba in the 1960s. Pirated CDs of "Funk Music" were sold everywhere and played in modern "Funk Music" dances.
In the 1990s, the scene of "funk music" became more and more frantic because of the influx of drugs. In the past 10 years, slums have been taken over by drug lords. From receiving garbage to housing loans, the drug lords obeyed everything.
Excerpt from "Overseas Nebula"
"People's Daily Overseas Edition" (7th edition on August 31, 2001)
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