Na rua se faz trabalho: música e religiosidade entre rastafaris na periferia paulistana

Music has become one of the greatest forms of expression for Rastafari, a cultural movement that emerged in 1930 in Jamaica and that during its development established connections between religiosity, politics, leisure and work. Despite its transnationalization being associa...

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Main Author: Marcelo Yokoi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros 2023-05-01
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Online Access:https://www.periodicos.unimontes.br/index.php/argumentos/article/view/6553/6404
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description Music has become one of the greatest forms of expression for Rastafari, a cultural movement that emerged in 1930 in Jamaica and that during its development established connections between religiosity, politics, leisure and work. Despite its transnationalization being associated with the dissemination of a vehicle of popular culture, reggae music, it is in the nyahbinghi that resides the main spiritual and musical source, being a service (ceremony or spiritual work) wherechants (hymns) are sung to the playing of three main drums. In this article, aspects of the organization of a group formed by Rastafarians, the Instituto Cultural Bola de Fogo, will be addressed, presenting reflections on the practice of nyahbinghi from the field work carried out in the ritual-performances that take place in the city. For a better contextualization, I will initially bring some historical considerations about Rastafari and its musicality, which leads to a policy against colonialism and coloniality. Past and present converge, as well as the material and the spiritual, bringing ancestral knowledge and healing benefits. Inserted in peripheral leisure events, one can see the importance of politics and religion emerging in the streets and public spaces in the city.
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spelling doaj.art-28e9e733ce2445fcbd8221d4ced37a242024-04-16T00:23:07ZengUniversidade Estadual de Montes ClarosArgumentos1806-56272527-25512023-05-01201107132https://doi.org/10.46551/issn.2527-2551v20n1p.107-132Na rua se faz trabalho: música e religiosidade entre rastafaris na periferia paulistanaMarcelo Yokoi0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0220-7684USPMusic has become one of the greatest forms of expression for Rastafari, a cultural movement that emerged in 1930 in Jamaica and that during its development established connections between religiosity, politics, leisure and work. Despite its transnationalization being associated with the dissemination of a vehicle of popular culture, reggae music, it is in the nyahbinghi that resides the main spiritual and musical source, being a service (ceremony or spiritual work) wherechants (hymns) are sung to the playing of three main drums. In this article, aspects of the organization of a group formed by Rastafarians, the Instituto Cultural Bola de Fogo, will be addressed, presenting reflections on the practice of nyahbinghi from the field work carried out in the ritual-performances that take place in the city. For a better contextualization, I will initially bring some historical considerations about Rastafari and its musicality, which leads to a policy against colonialism and coloniality. Past and present converge, as well as the material and the spiritual, bringing ancestral knowledge and healing benefits. Inserted in peripheral leisure events, one can see the importance of politics and religion emerging in the streets and public spaces in the city.https://www.periodicos.unimontes.br/index.php/argumentos/article/view/6553/6404rastafarimusicreligionleisurecoloniality
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Na rua se faz trabalho: música e religiosidade entre rastafaris na periferia paulistana
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rastafari
music
religion
leisure
coloniality
title Na rua se faz trabalho: música e religiosidade entre rastafaris na periferia paulistana
title_full Na rua se faz trabalho: música e religiosidade entre rastafaris na periferia paulistana
title_fullStr Na rua se faz trabalho: música e religiosidade entre rastafaris na periferia paulistana
title_full_unstemmed Na rua se faz trabalho: música e religiosidade entre rastafaris na periferia paulistana
title_short Na rua se faz trabalho: música e religiosidade entre rastafaris na periferia paulistana
title_sort na rua se faz trabalho musica e religiosidade entre rastafaris na periferia paulistana
topic rastafari
music
religion
leisure
coloniality
url https://www.periodicos.unimontes.br/index.php/argumentos/article/view/6553/6404
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