{"id":37987,"date":"2017-08-23T12:10:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T15:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/?p=37987"},"modified":"2018-05-08T09:55:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T12:55:36","slug":"stroll-of-the-favelados-takes-us-for-an-inside-look-around-rios-port-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=37987","title":{"rendered":"‘Stroll of the Favelados’ Takes Us For An Inside Look Around Rio’s Port District"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Recently, a new edition of the unique tour style,\u00a0Rol\u00e9 dos Favelados (Stroll of the Favelados)<\/a>, took place, this one questioning the\u00a0Port Revitalization<\/a> which happened before the 2016 Olympics. The idea behind the\u00a0Rol\u00e9 dos Favelados<\/a>\u00a0is to experience a critical look at Rio de Janeiro on tours led by local favela guides and activists. Tours have so far taken place in\u00a0Morro da Provid\u00eancia<\/a>\u00a0(Rio\u2019s first favela<\/a>), Santa Marta<\/a> and\u00a0Vila Aut\u00f3dromo<\/a>. All were led by different community activists\u00a0dedicated to\u00a0combating the stigmatization<\/a>\u00a0of Rio\u2019s favelas.<\/p>\n

Involved in all the tours is guide\u00a0Cosme Felippsen<\/a>, who in the case of the Port tour was accompanied by actress and producer Cintia Sant’Anna.\u00a0Felippsen, with a degree in tourism, began acting as a tour guide at the age of eight, recognizing the need to change the negative perceptions that non-residents have of favelas. Cintia, also a native of Provid\u00eancia, is an inspirational young lady, having co-created, in 2015, the online platform\u00a0Entre o C\u00e9u e a Favela<\/a>\u00a0(Between the Sky and the Favela) to unite, spread and value cultural products, art and social development in Morro da Provid\u00eancia and neighboring Morro do Pinto<\/a>. She also co-funded the theater company Bando Teatro Favela<\/a>\u00a0(Favela Theater Band).<\/p>\n

Both want to spread a more nuanced message about favelas as living sites of historic value as well as creative, culturally- and socially-rich places in constant transformation. They see the tours as an opportunity for residents to disprove the negative stereotypes that dominate media and policymakers\u2019 narratives about favelas and their often poor, black residents. Most importantly, during this specific tour, they wanted to deconstruct the official narrative according to which the Port Zone was “abandoned” before its “revitalization” through the Marvelous Port<\/a>\u00a0project, which essentially transformed the area\u00a0into a tourist attraction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Indeed, this area is home to Morro da Providencia, Rio’s first favela<\/a>, but also to many key historic sites of critical importance to Afro-Brazilian history,\u00a0such as the\u00a0New Blacks Institute<\/a>\u00a0(IPN), the Valongo Wharf<\/a>, Valongo’s Hanging Garden and the famous Salt Stone, or\u00a0Pedra do Sal<\/a>. The tour started at Harmony Square and visited IPN, the Valongo Wharf, a street art gallery, the Salt Stone and ended at the\u00a0renovated Pra\u00e7a Mau\u00e1<\/a>, in front of the\u00a0Rio Museum of Art<\/a>\u00a0(MAR). Tour participants were mostly Brazilian, some of them being architecture or urban planning students or professors and others journalists.<\/p>\n

1. The New Blacks Institute\u00a0(Instituto Pretos Novos, or\u00a0IPN)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This museum<\/a> situated in Rio’s\u00a0Port Region<\/a>\u00a0hosts the largest slave cemetery<\/a> in the Americas and one of the main sites preserving the city\u2019s legacy as the\u00a0largest slave port in world history<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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2. The Valongo Wharf<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The dock<\/a> was the largest arrival point for enslaved Africans brought to Brazil\u2013or anywhere<\/a>. It has recently been recognized as a\u00a0UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/a>. According to UNESCO it is “the most important physical trace of the arrival of African slaves on the American continent. From a historic point of view, this is a testimony to one of the most brutal episodes in the history of humankind.\u201d<\/p>\n

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During this stopover, Cintia showed and explained different existing mobile applications that allow visitors to deepen their understanding of Rio’s Port region and in particular the region known as Little Africa<\/a>, such as\u00a0Museum of Yesterday<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Passados Presentes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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3. Street Art Gallery<\/h3>\n

This street art gallery is one of the entrances to Morro da Provid\u00eancia, the one used by Cosme during his tour of the favela. Beautiful graffitis made by local artists are displayed on the walls. Cosme chose this site to ask his usual yet important question to the audience: “What is a favela?<\/a>”<\/p>\n

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4. Salt Stone, or Pedra do Sal<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Salt Stone, or\u00a0Pedra do Sal<\/a>, where salt and other goods were traded over hundreds of years when the Guanabara Bay’s<\/a> waters reached it (prior to the land filling of the bay)\u2013is home to a\u00a0quilombo<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and was re-popularized in recent years due to its hosting weekly Monday and Friday night street samba parties and other events. The site is considered the “cradle of Brazilian samba” where several of the original samba<\/em> songs were composed a century ago.\u00a0It was actually three times in size and according to Cintia, sugar was also traded here in more important quantities than salt. Locals always held parties at Pedra do Sal but since the region’s revitalization, Cintia says there are now more tourists than locals. She used this stop as a moment to discuss the latest attempts to criminalize funk<\/a>, remembering the criminalization of popular culture has happened many times in Brazilian history, including with samba itself. Cintia explained that in general authorities like to keep control over favela-related activities<\/a>. Even a recent art festival Cintia organized in Provid\u00eancia was stopped by police, who were present throughout the event, dissuading residents from joining.<\/p>\n

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To follow Cosme Felippsen\u2019s community tourism work and learn about the next Rol\u00e9 dos Favelados,\u00a0like their Facebook page<\/a>.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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