The presence of Brazilian religions of African origin in the musical repertoire of the media

Abstract

The article deals initially with the difficulty to rescue the musical content in cultural manifestations described from the scenic, choreographic and plastic point of view. Then, it lists significant moments of the trajectory of the icons of Brazilian religions of African origin in the media, especially in the radio repertoire. References to these religions grow from the contribution of Dorival Caymmi, in the late 1930s, reaching in the decade of 1960 to music considered as cult, with artists such as Vinicius de Moraes. In the years 1970, they reach the world of television. In the years 1980, they would also integrate the universe of pop music, including the music of Bahia for the Carnival. It is a contradictory process, because the presence of these references in the media happens in a country where racism and aversion to the culture of blackness come growing.