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Maracatus – An African Diáspora

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During two and a half centuries over 1 million African slaves were brought to Brazil from the west coasts of Africa, mainly Angola. Their masters were the Portuguese who wisely crowned a king in order to control the tribes more easily. The cerimony of crowning became a party that laid the foundations for ethnic celebrations like Carnival. This cerimony was called Maracatus.

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