{"id":21153,"date":"2015-03-31T12:38:39","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T15:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/?p=21153"},"modified":"2016-04-05T10:43:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T13:43:03","slug":"vidigal-celebrates-75th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=21153","title":{"rendered":"Vidigal Launches Series of 75th Birthday Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas\"\"<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

On March 14 the main square of Vidigal<\/a>\u00a0was taken over in\u00a0festivities. Seniors and young people got together to enjoy the day and celebrate 75 years of Vidigal<\/a>. The celebration\u00a0lasted the full day and is the first of several events planned for throughout the year. It was organized by a group of volunteers from the community\u00a0and the Residents’ Association.<\/p>\n

The anniversary was seen as an opportunity to build\u00a0unity throughout the community\u00a0and to give visibility to the diverse projects<\/a> created in Vidigal. The day started with a capoeira show by instructor William de Paula Lucas, also known as Ninho. During\u00a0the show, there was an activity stand about recycling where children were taught the importance of environmental\u00a0awareness\u00a0through activities and games made from recycled materials.<\/p>\n

At another stand, Gra\u00e7a dos Prazeres, a resident and chef in Vidigal, presented the work\u00a0of her collective,\u00a0Verdigal<\/a>, and provided a detox center for residents. The\u00a0organic chef promoted good food and\u00a0reflection. While inviting people to taste\u00a0green juice, she encouraged them to think about the importance of healthy eating. In addition to these stalls and a health stand, musical groups from the hill like Casa do Swing and Morenas do Sol<\/a>\u00a0played until midnight, animating\u00a0the crowd.<\/p>\n

\"Morenas<\/a><\/p>\n

The idea for the party\u00a0emerged from an initiative to build a\u00a0medicinal roof<\/a>\u00a0at the community\u2019s van\u00a0station. Urbanist architect Guto Graciano<\/a> created a green roof at the entrance to Vidigal with medicinal, organically cultivated plants. Financed by business owners and\u00a0donations from residents, the project aims to\u00a0strengthen integration among residents through a collective\u00a0creation\u00a0which everyone can enjoy.<\/p>\n

This “Made in Vidigal” initiative established\u00a0a green roof full of green plants cultivated in an organic fashion that doesn’t require watering and can be self-maintained.\u00a0After building\u00a0this \u2018living roof,\u2019 its creators continued\u00a0to work to\u00a0create a place that \u201clives and revives,\u201d said\u00a0Guto Graciano. Thus the second phase began: a graffiti wall. Artists\u00a0were invited\u00a0to paint the history of Vidigal on the\u00a0Living Gallery<\/a>. \u201cSoon, the history of Vidigal and of Brazil will be told through these murals. Children, tourists and students from Stella Maris School will be able to learn more about history from here,\u201d Graciano explained. And it\u00a0was through this dynamic of historical research to adorn the walls that the idea\u00a0to celebrate\u00a0Vidigal\u2019s 75th<\/sup>\u00a0birthday came to be.<\/p>\n

\"Galeria<\/a><\/p>\n

One resident in the square exclaimed: \u201c75 years, what’s this? I\u2019m 80 and Vidigal was already here!\u201d In addition to celebrating Vidigal’s past 75 years, the celebration\u00a0aims to spark a discussion about the real age of the favela. 75 years is only the age registered by the City, but Vidigal must surely be older than this. The event was\u00a0also an opportunity for older residents to tell their stories and pass on legends from the favela to the youth.<\/p>\n

Residents Teresa and Araci were invited to talk about the Vidigal of the past: a Vidigal without electricity, without vans, and with few houses. The stories and legends of Vidigal take on their own lives in the square: \u201cIs it true that a whale was stranded in the main square?\u201d asked one resident.<\/p>\n

Sitting on the steps, residents listen to the history\u00a0of their home, the changes and the struggles that have taken place there. Armando Almeida Lima, one of the founders of the Residents’ Association, told stories about past struggles<\/a> against evictions\u00a0during the military dictatorship and the\u00a0court\u00a0victory that saved Vidigal. He also spoke\u00a0about the fight to save Vidigal\u2019s beach from privatization by the Sheraton Hotel. It was a moving testimony that made clear that, without these struggles,\u00a0Vidigal would never have become what it is today.<\/p>\n

\"Armando<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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