By
Paula Cruz
VI
Mercado Cultural invades the neighborhoods this
year
From the sinuous hills of the Federação
to the alleys of Liberdade; from the much heralded
coast of Itapuã to the Itapagipe points
to the metallic railings of the Subúrbio
Ferroviário trains. From December 7 to
11, the VI Cultural Market surpasses the limits
of the city center and incorporates local artists
to the programming, increasing the interaction
between local, national and international participants.
Each selected neighborhood will have an intense
slate of cultural activities during the day.
On the day following the release of the Digital
Encyclopedia, artists and cultural agents from
each neighborhood receive the Cultural Market
public with their own varied programming, presenting
shows, talks, workshops, markets, expositions,
among other activities.
The Market in the Neighborhoods will function
in the following manner: in the day prior to the
activities in the neighborhood, at night, there
will be a release of the encyclopedia on the main
stage of the TCA at 9:00 PM. This will occur for
five days, one day for each neighborhood. On the
7th, the hotspot will be the Subúrbio Ferroviário
– the encyclopedia will be released on 6th
at night. On December 8 it will be in Itapuã,
December 9 will be Liberdade, December 10 will
be Federação and the 11th will be
Itapagipe. The starting time in the neighborhoods
is 10 AM.
Some of the highlights of the Mercado nos Bairros
include the exhibit by plastic artist Deraldo
Lima on December 7, at Paripe; the Ganhadeiras
Chorus in Itapuã, on the 8th; the Terno
de Reis Estrela do Oriente, at Liberdade on the
December 9th; the talk by Valdina Pinto on December
10, in the Federação Market; and
on the last day, December 11, the painting exhibit
by artists Leone Mattos, Álvaro Sampaio
and Luiz Mário.
In addition, the workshops, which occur every
year at the Cultural Market, will take place in
the neighborhoods, further aiding the exchange
of experiences between participants of diverse
backgrounds. Examples include the percussion workshop
with the group Afoxé Alafin Oyó
from Pernanbuco that will take place in the Ribeira
neighborhood, and the arrangement and composition
workshop with the Itiberê Orquestra Family
from Rio de Janeiro in the Liberdade neighborhood.
This initiative to include the arts and culture
from the periphery of Salvador reveals a preoccupation
with contemplating the cultural diversity of the
country and of the city in this international
movement that is now part of the cultural agenda
of the Bahian capital.
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