Brava/Nha Santana: Pilon with low participation due to sports activities carried out in parallel

Right around 20:50, under the heavy fog that was felt in the area and the fall of some drizzles, the activities began, even with few people, and, little by little, people began to approach the “boat” where this ritual is performed.

But, even so, as confirmed to Aida Cardoso, this year's party-goer, despite a mission assigned to her by the real party-goers due to force majeure, the ritual always has more people, but this year the games of the final of the futsal were scheduled for the same day and time as the pilon, which made it difficult for more people to participate in this traditional part.

Even with weak participation, the party-goer did not let her guard down and together with the people who were there, they “fulfilled the tradition”, with the colá, the singing, the playing, the cochir and there was no shortage of food and drinks.

“When they start to beat the stick on the drum, I have an enormous pride and that is what we witness in almost all the participants, even the children already sing parts of the chants sung in this ritual”, he showed, stressing that what is “earth-earth” , cannot be lost.

Aida Cardoso told Inforpress that this party and tradition, for her, is a high point, something that is already in her blood, because she was born and raised in it, at a time when there was no light and people went to the place with light of “ lampião” and even if you say to yourself that next year you will not take on this responsibility of organizing everything, when you realize it it is already too late, because you cannot say no.

In addition, he stressed that today there will be a ritual in which they go from house to house, playing drums, singing, pasting, and in all houses, they give food, money, drinks, among other things, which are placed on the mast on the 26th. .

Preceding this house-to-house parade, he added that lunch will be held at Nha Santana's house, where they have already prepared five three-legged pans to start work at dawn and added that there is also another family in the town of Mato that will offer a lunch to the people of Brave.

He recalled that the party belongs to everyone, and stated that “Nha Santana starts with one person, but to reach the end it is the world involved”, because, according to this organizer, it is a party that everyone puts their hand on, everyone supports along the way. and everyone enjoys the little and much that the organization or the party planners have to offer, but that is a “djunta-mon” job.

In terms of sports activities, the final did not come to an end, with the referee considering the match finalized in the first part of the dispute, as the weather conditions (drizzle and fog) did not allow it, having been postponed to today, in Nova Sintra.

Sporting and cultural activities continue, with athletics competitions, the eve held today, mass on the 26th, lunch, activities for children, and culminating with the boat to the mast at the end of the day.