Jongo's rebirth

摘要

Jongo, a blend of song, dance and magic, had fallen into oblivion. Thanks to certain communities such as Sao Jose da Serra, this piece of intangible heritage brought by slaves who came from Angola and the Congo is again in the spotlight in Brazil. Pedro Militana and their son Manoel were bought in Bahia, in mid-19th century, to work on the Sao Jose da Serra property. The former coffee fazenda, converted now to subsistence farming and small-scale stock breeding, is near Valenca, in the state of Rio de Janeiro.