Bumbum Paticumbum Prugurundum turns 40, and Arquivo da Cidade launches documentary about samba

“I decorated my heart with confetti and streamers, my mind became a girl.” It’s been 40 years since the verses and samba of Império Serrano, which entered the avenue with very few resources, conquered Sapucaí and made history. To celebrate the anniversary of the work signed by Aluísio Machado and Beto Sem Braço and the historic parade, the General Archive of the City of Rio de Janeiro produced the documentary “Bumbum Paticumbum Prugurundum 40 years,” which will be released next week on the Archive’s YouTube channel.

The documentary, which features testimonies from Aluísio Machado and the president of the City Archive, Rosa Maria Araújo, has curious stories.

 

– We would meet on the bus and dance samba: we looked like two crazy people – says Aluísio Machado.

 

Rosa Maria also says that, when the school entered the Avenue, the temperature was 46 degrees and the dust swept away all the participants.

It's worth checking out other stories told in the documentary: the composers, who were unknown until then, wrote the samba inspired by an interview Ismael Silva gave to Sérgio Cabral about the bass drums of a samba school. We all know the result: Bumbum was a hit at the carnival, becoming the most played song on the streets and on the radio and, to this day, one of the most memorable songs of the Rio carnival.

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April 18th 2022

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