Mangue Bit

Mangue Beat is a musical movement from the Northeast of Brazil, in the state of Pernambuco. The result is Mangue Beat. Than the direction of Brazilian music by the band Chico Science and Zumbi and Mundo Livre Nação S / A in the late 1980s The residents in the capital Recife bands mix regional music styles such as Côco, Ciranda, Embolada, Maracatú with global sounds such as New Wave, Rap, Funk, Soul and so on. The aim of the Mangue movement is to connect the rich regional traditions with current elements of global musical trends to revive their own musical traditions in this way and to strengthen the local self-confidence. A similar approach had the Tropicalia of the 1960s. The lyrics criticize the socio- economic situation and the injustices in the population.

The term Mangue Beat arose as a metaphor for the cultural and musical richness in Recife, because Recife was built on mangrove swamps and the Manguezais provide a productive ecosystem in the region dar. First, the musical movement called Mangue Bit and then by journalists from the South Brazil to Mangue Beat.