The Embassy of Brazil proudly brings to Islamabad the innovative Brazilian Musical Group "Patubatê". In the hands of the musicians Fred Magalhães, Fernando Mazoni, Gustavo Lavoura, Pablo Maia and the DJ Leandronik, scrap is not junk, it is music, since Patubatê uses raw and recyclable materials to build their musical instruments.
Innovative sounds and a catching energy are extracted from cans, buckets, large barrels and even parts of automobiles. Created in 1999, in the Brazilian Capital, Brasília, Patubatê is highly influenced by Stomp, the Blue Man Group and Hermeto Pascoal, uniting creativity with the valorisation of Brazilian rhythms such as Maracatu, Samba, Funk, Afro, Frevo, Baião, among others. The group has already performed in many different countries, such as USA, Spain, Portugal, Poland, China, Kenya, Botswana and Gabon, and is in South Asia for the first time.
Patubatê will play in two different occasions in Islamabad. The first show will be on Friday, (March 01), at 8:00 pm, at the Serena Hotel. The concert will be accompanied by a delicious dinner inspired on the spices of Brazilian gastronomy. Tickets for this event are available at the Serena Hotel. On Sunday, (March 03), at 6:00 pm, the group will perform at the Pakistan National Council for the Arts (PNCA). This event is open for the general public and free of charge.
More than to recycle materials, to have a sustainable attitude is the essence of Patubatê. Because of that, the group, together with the Embassy of Brazil will offer a workshop for the children, in collaboration with the NGO Lettuce Bee Kids, which works with garbage picker children in Islamabad.
In the workshop, which will take place on Saturday, March 02, at 1:00 pm, at the Brazilian Embassy, the musicians will teach these children how to build instruments from scrap and how to play some of the most popular Brazilian rhythms. Mixing art with social and environmental consciousness is one of the main features of contemporary Brazilian culture, very well represented by Patubatê. Those activities are part of a broader initiative of the Embassy of Brazil to share different aspects of the Brazilian artistic life with the Pakistani audience.-PR
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