Are
you planning travel to Brazil? I advise you to be careful with this young boy
who likes to troll people in the Brazilian's florest. hey but don't need to be terrified, he just like to play. Just read whole article and you will understand what i'm talking about.
Saci-Pererê
is a Young boy with black skin. He only has one leg, has a red cap, smokes a pipe and usually live in the forest. He uses his one leg for jumping or turn
around fast until make a swirl. Saci characteristic came from the influence of
the African who arrived in Brazil. Before that, he was represented as an
indigenous boy with two legs, a tail and still with the red cap obviously. But now
probably, you are wondering how the Saci-Pererê lost his leg???? According to the
African, he lost his leg by playing Copeira, the martial brazillian art.
But
why is Saci-Pererê Dangerous?
Actually
we can not say that he is a dangerous boy because, he does not kill people the
things, according with Brazilian folklore, Saci Pererê like to "troll"
people, so he's a "JOKER", some things that he does are:
Hiding the people stuffs;
Create
embarrassing things;
Scare
animals also tie;
Break
and drop things;
Get
in a house and burn foods, when it's in the stove;
He
likes to ride on horses also branding his hair;
He
can show up and disappear very quick.
Saci-
Pererê can be a good boy too
Some
people think Saci-Pererê as a forest protector. He was known as a person who
knows about the nature and the medicine that comes from such as the roots and herbs.
So, if you see Saci-Pererê when you visit to Brazil do not be afraid of him. If
you want to scare he away i'm going to give you some tips, so keep reading.
First tip, take some rope or string and tie around your way. Another tip, He
does not like river. So, if you go to run from him just cross the river then you
will be safe. However, this last tip is for you to get rid of, and also keep him for
you, so please take a pen and paper, write it down. You need a glass bottle and a
sieve, after that you get all of this things, you need to approach and look for him,
when you see the Saci-Pererè you have to take his cap out and trow the sieve up
the swirl then grab him and put inside the glass bottle.
Actually Braszlians likes Saci-Pererè,he is one of the most famous character of our culture and also we have a special date to celebrate his day (October, 31) so don't be mean with him 😉.
That's our first article about the Brazilian folklore, if you liked it give us your comment.
See ya.
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