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A program to combat gangs and gang-centered violence known as the Pacifying Police Unit (PPU) was introduced in the traditionally violent favelas of Rio de Janeiro in 2008 and 2009. PPU personnel are well-educated and trained in both human rights and modern police techniques; their aim is to supplant the community presence of gangs as central ...
Recently, funk carioca, a type of music popularized in the favelas has also become popular in other parts of the world. [30] This type of music often features samples from other songs. Popular funk artists include MC Naldo and Buchecha [30] Bailes funk are forms of dance parties that play this type of funk music and were popularized in favelas ...
move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 Minas Gerais. 2 Santa Catarina. 3 Rio de Janeiro. ... This is a list of favelas in Brazil. This Portuguese word is commonly used in Brazil.
The passinho, a dance style created in the 2000s by kids in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, was declared in March to be an “intangible cultural heritage” by legislators in the state of Rio ...
Next City looks into how a solar panel installation at a community center aims to be a model for Brazil's neglected favelas to take energy into their own hands.
Bicheiros also contribute funding to social programs, such as samba schools, which play a critical role in cultural festivities such as Brazilian Carnival. [23] Because of this, Jogo do Bicho, and in turn its bicheiros, are deeply ingrained in Brazilian culture, especially in Rio de Janeiro, and contribute to the landscape of organized crime ...
Funk carioca (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfɐ̃k(i) kɐɾiˈɔkɐ,-kaɾ-]), also known as favela funk, in other parts of the world as baile funk and Brazilian funk, or even simply funk, is a Brazilian hip hop-influenced music genre from Rio de Janeiro, taking influences from musical styles such as Miami bass and freestyle.
The drug gangs sponsored DJs and baile funks in the favelas they controlled to spread respect and love for their gang as well as hate to the other gangs. The music that resulted is proibidão. Proibidão is characterized as a raw mix of live funk vocals and Miami bass structures. The explicit lyrics typically promote the gang the MC is ...