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Rol\u00e9 dos Favelados<\/a>\u00a0(Stroll of the Favelados) is a guided tour led by community activist and tourist guide Cosme “O Favelado” Felippsen, often in partnership with other favela activists. The aim of the project<\/a> is to challenge negative stereotypes<\/a> associated with favelas by showing the community from the point of view of residents. <\/em><\/p>\n

Photographer Antoine Horenbeek captured scenes from Rol\u00e9 dos Favelados’ latest tour of Felippsen’s own community,\u00a0Provid\u00eancia<\/a>, and the samba event that followed:<\/em><\/p>\n

Telling His Community’s Story<\/span><\/p>\n

Cosme Felippsen strives to bring both tourists and Rio residents from the\u00a0asfalto<\/em> (formal city) to favelas and provide a more realistic view of these neighborhoods than what is often portrayed in mainstream media<\/a> or on non-community-led tours.<\/p>\n

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Organic and Informal Architecture<\/span><\/p>\n

A street leading to the top of the favela. On this street corner, Felippsen asked the visitors: “Does this street already count as part of the favela, or is it only leading up to it?” Through such conversations, Felippsen picks apart visitors’ preconceptions about favelas.<\/p>\n

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Brazil’s Central Station is just down in the City Center below.
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The stairs of Provid\u00eancia are being painted by Provid\u00eancia Sustent\u00e1vel<\/a>\u00a0(Sustainable Provid\u00eancia) through the initiative Impacto das Cores<\/a> (Impact of Colors). Provid\u00eancia Sustent\u00e1vel aims to empower<\/a> young people and adults and educate them on the necessity of sustainable<\/a> development and consumption.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Meet Provid\u00eancia’s Residents<\/span><\/p>\n

Children playing in the alleys of the favela.\u00a0Provid\u00eancia’s kids can also be found playing in a pool in the community.<\/p>\n

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Vera, who lives and runs a small shop in front of the church square.<\/p>\n

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Daniel, a young resident of Provid\u00eancia who joined the tour, showed great potential to himself become a Provid\u00eancia tour guide, complementing Felippsen’s comments.<\/p>\n

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A resident getting ready for the samba event.<\/p>\n

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The View<\/span><\/p>\n

Central Rio, the\u00a0North Zone<\/a> and\u00a0Morro do Pinto<\/a>\u00a0hill (on the right) seen from the top of Provid\u00eancia.<\/p>\n

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Samba<\/span><\/p>\n

The guided tour ended with samba<\/a>, one of the many cultural forms to emerge<\/a> from Rio’s favelas. The event<\/a> was held at the famous\u00a0Bar da Jura<\/a>, a bar run by Provid\u00eancia resident Dona Jura and a meeting point for the community. The bar is located on the back of the closed cable-car station<\/a> in Provid\u00eancia, and looks out to Guanabara Bay<\/a> and the bridge that connects Rio to Niter\u00f3i<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The team that organized the samba (from left to right: Gilbert Vilela, Flaviana, Andreza, Lucimar Brito, Cosme Felippsen, and Ana Paula).\u00a0The event was an opportunity to celebrate and party, but also a political moment of coming together for the community and an opportunity to value its qualities<\/a>. At the opening of the event, Felippsen gave a speech stressing that favelas are spaces of culture<\/a> and talked about the residents’ continuing collective fight for their rights<\/a> to housing<\/a>, education<\/a>, and health<\/a> in the aftermath of the sports mega-events<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Follow Felippsen’s Provid\u00eancia Turismo<\/a> and Rol\u00e9 dos Favelados<\/a>\u00a0Facebook pages\u00a0for information on upcoming tours.<\/p>\n

Slideshow of the Rol\u00e9 dos Favelados tour of Provid\u00eancia and the samba event [also on Flickr<\/a>]:<\/h3>\n

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