An Insight into Samba de Roda
Monday, July 5th, 2010
Despite being a catchy rhythm that hooked everyone in our schools in further rehearsals, Samba de Roda proved to be a powerful complementary tool in the project Learning from Brazilian Culture. Most of our children and youngsters in the project come from a very harsh background. Many of them have experienced violence of different sorts, which seriously compromises their developments as human beings. Among the most common affected aspects of their health is their sexuality and Samba de Roda gives them a playful and secure environment (and ritual) to experiment their sexuality, therefore helping in their process of psycho-social recovery. The rhythm has also empowered those involved in the project by providing a linkage to another culture of resistance. These are some of the reasons why our schools have been hooked by this rhythm. This post discusses some introductory aspects on historical origins, etymological studies, and a few video sources on Samba de Roda 1. (more…)
