The Brazilian Congress of Black Researchers - COPENE @copenenacional presents at the CLOSING of its activities and cultural program:

Bongar Group and the Xambá coconut @grupobongar

"Formed in the Xambá community of the Quilombo do Portão do Gelo, in Olinda, the Bongar group has been maintaining, for 20 years, the mission of preserving and spreading the culture of African origins through the Xambá Nation. The word bongar has Bantu origin and means: search for spiritual knowledge".

Guests:

Pirão Bateu da Xambá @piraobateudaxamba

"The pirão is part of the tradition within the Xambá community. It accompanies the food of the offerings (axés) that are given to the divinities. In the musical group "Pirão Bateu", these utensils gain marked sound and intensify the emotions of the songs connected to Candomblé and Coco de Roda." 

Xambá das Yabás

"The Xambá das Yabás group is formed by the yabás of the Xambá Terreiro, which completed 90 years, in Pernambuco. The Xambá das Yabás is also the result of actions developed by the Bongar Cultural Center, which brought together these women who have been together for years, many since childhood, in the Xambá Quilombo, in the facilities of the Xambá Terreiro, in the rituals, in the experience of religious rituals, in the experience of the Coco play and in the popular community festivals."  

Afoxé Oyá Alaxé 

The Afoxé Oyá Alaxé @oyaalaxe was founded in 2004, in the Dois Unidos neighborhood, Recife-PE, as a manifestation of Afro-Brazilian culture based on the principles of Nagô Candomblé. It has been 18 years of struggle and resistance strongly influenced by ancestral women guardians of popular and Afro-diasporic culture. 

LIVE AND FREE

Date: September 15 (Thursday)

Location: Rua das águas verdes n. 58 (Pátio de São Pedro) - Recife

Starting at 7pm