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Anna França and Rogério Almeida
by ABA Mag
Artists from Depois das Cinco Group
Grupo Aer das Cinco is a muldisciplinary cultural group, with a repertoire ranging from Performing Arts, Music, Audiovisual and Brazilian Popular Culture. The group began its trajectory in 2007, when the newly formed actresses Anna França and Lívia Maria, with the musician Rogério Almeida, decided to put on a storytelling show based on Brazilian Cordel Literature,entled“CordelparaCrianças”.
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Since then, the group has been deepening its research on this important aspect of Brazilian Popular Literatu-re, its Iberian origins, the transformaons over me, and its importance as an element in the construcon of knowledge of the Brazilian populaon, mainly in the northeast region.
The group uses the Theater as a means to disseminate Cordel Literature, and from it to create scenic and musical materialies, adding elements of popular culture in the Brazilian Northeast, such as musical rhythms, customs, mannerisms and clothing, thus creang shows that can at the same me me to entertain and experience a bit of the cordel universe. The group's work on the disseminaon of Cordel Literature has already been awarded twice, once for the “Prémio Mais Cultura de Literatura de Cordel Patava do Assaré 2010”, and
Popular Cultures 2017 – Edion Leandro Gomes de Barros. In addion, the group carried out several projects of access to culture, with the support of FAC - Fundo de Apoio a Cultura do Distrito Federal, where it could take the experience with Cordel to communies in rural areas and on the outskirts of thecityofBrasília.


For these projects, the group had very important partnerships, such as the ABLC –Academia Brasileira de Literatura de Cordel, the late poet Arievaldo Viana, and the plasc arst Valderio da Costa, who has been tracing the visual identy of the group's works focused on Cordel Literature.InaddiontoworksaimedatCordel,the group has a good repertoire of shows, such as the monologues “Cinco Minutes” and “Memories of Me”, the musicals “Simbora Menino” and “O Sumiço da Pandeirola”, by the scenic musical band TumbaLaCatumba.
Anna França and Rogério Almeida are currently living in Portugal, in the city of Évora, where Anna did her Masters in Theater at the University of Évora and, connuing her studies, started her PhD in History of Art, also at the same university In Portugal, the group connues to disseminate Cordel Literature, parcipang in literary events, such as Palavras Andarilhas and Passa a Palavra, as well as connuing its research, this me in the Iberian roots of Cordel Literature, tracing parallels, notes that link and differ what Cordel Literature was and what became in Brazil, andespeciallyitsrelaonshipwithTeatroPopular The group has also worked in the audiovisual producon of cultural projects, such as CarriersofArtandMusicians.
Sueli Lopes Writer
YANOMANI AND US: A PACT FOR LIFE

The great humanist arsts do not omit themselves. They make their Art also an instrument of warning against social injusces of any kind. By the way, Graciliano Ramos, a famous Brazilian writer, already said: “Any novel is social. Even ivory literature is a social work. The mere fact that it tries to keep other problems at bay is a proof ofsocialstruggle.”
Yes, because Art cannot be reduced to aesthec pleasure, to momentary enjoyment. It goes way beyond! As a form of expression, individual or collecve, it should be an instrument of awareness about the problems that afflict Humanity. And throughout our History there have always been daring, sensive, human arsts. They also made and sll make their arsc manifestaons a voice of compassion. It is worth menoning that in several circumstances of our History, the only way to make some manifestaons was through metaphors, ficons, as well as all arsc modalies.
And we are so proud of our great arsts. Blessed Art that opens our eyes, that immortalizes moments in the history of peoples, summarizing in onevoicewhateveryonewouldliketoexpress.This isthesocialfunconofartandliterature.
Our MPB - Brazilian Popular Music - which also has an educaonal purpose, it´s much more than a mere commercial product for immediate consumpon and has always had its role, with the power of social and polical denouncement as well!
From this point of view, I would like to menon an album released in 1990. That's right, 33 years ago! If you check it out, you'll see that the 7th track from the TXAI album, which was totally focused on indigenous themes, already announced a warning about the drama experienced by the Yanomami people since then. In other words, for decades! And this also applies to other indigenous communies, such as the Guarani-Kaiowá in Mato GrossodoSul.

Unfortunately, the history repeats itself but there are a lot of people who haven't listened or pretend not to listen to it. Even worse, there are others who talk about God, about Christ, all the me, but are incapable of praccing love and compassion.
However, the poets, the true ones, not infrequently,arevisionaryprophets!
Dear Milton Nascimento, how proud and grateful we are of you! We really thank you for this human and compassionate message. We also say sorryfornotlisteningtoyou!
Maybe we should listen to that song again. And in doing so, may we actually should look at each other with more love, empathy, solidarity, compassion! Let`s remember what the great and immortal Van Gogh said: “Try to understand what thearstssay,theseriousmasters,intheirartwork, asintheirartworkthereisGod!”