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In spite of the wickedness and acrities that was submitted, the black found time to play and to preserve its culture. They transmitted its values through the dance and commemorations, they mixed their characteristics private to the characteristics of the white oppressor, and gave a contribution in the imaginary popular of the Brazilian.
Maracatu - Afro-Brazilian origin, is inspired by the black kings' coronations. Simulating a real retinue, the blocks come out in the streets in the days of carnival divided in lines, that represent African nations.
Afoxé - Court that walks by the streets of Salvador, Fortaleza and Rio de Janeiro. The most famous parades happen during the carnival in Bahia. The participants, in most black, sing in African dialects, accompanied of atabaques, agogôs and cabaças. Having religious origin linked to the candomblé, it is known as street candomblé
Congadas - Parades of blacks commemorating a king's from Congo coronation in São Benedito's day (December 26). Saint dances and songs of African and Iberian origin. The most well-known congadas is the one of Cave (PR), the ones of some municipal districts of Santa Catarina, Espírito Santo and the one of the old areas of gold in Minas Gerais. In Paraíba, descending of slaves they make congadas in honor to the saint of the blacks, Our Lady of Rosário, in the first week of October.
Band of Congo - typical musical Group of the seaside area of the Southeast of Brazil, the Bands of Congo play and sing with remarcable presence in saints' parties. They are also exhibited separately. They don't use appropriate vestiments and " they are men's groups that use sound instruments, done by themselves (drums, drummers, cuíca, rattles, ' coats ', ferrinhos or ' triangles ' and pandeiros. To the sound of those instruments, the several types of voices, belong to man or woman ,they sing old and traditional tunes, in that there are references to things and facts of the slavery, to the sea, to the love and the death. Those tunes are generally sad and it presents sounds of laments and wailings.
