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Mapping Black São PauloMain MenuIntroductionMapping Black Culture in São PauloExplore the locations of Black culture in Brazil's largest city.Chronology of Black Culture in São PauloLearn when Afro-Brazilian culture took place in the city.Browse Black Culture in SPExplore the diversity of Afro-Brazilian cultural expression.KeywordsLearn about the different types of Afro-Brazilian traditions, histories, and artistic expressions.ContributorsLearn about the team that created the project.
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1media/Territorio-do-Bixiga_Quilombo-Saracura_thumb.jpg2024-04-28T22:23:14-07:00Kelaiah Carey8becdb55144154441fa40e90ed448d6e11bfd99e393212City plans for Sao Paulo from 1881plain2024-04-28T22:44:24-07:00Kelaiah Carey8becdb55144154441fa40e90ed448d6e11bfd99e
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1media/Vale_do_Saracura_-_Vincenzo_Pastore.jpg2024-04-05T09:56:56-07:00Saracura Quilombo21plain2024-04-28T22:43:30-07:00In the 19th century, the Saracura Quilombo developed in the Saracura River Valley as a safe place for enslaved people that ran away from the slave markets in Largo de Memoria. The valley's geography, river, and dense vegetation provided a source of food, survival, and work for the quilombolas. As the black community grew, it became the foundation for the Bixiga neighborhood.
Recently, during an excavation for a station on the 6-Orange Metro Line, archaeological remains from the Quilombo site were uncovered. The discovery of these artifacts incited the formation of the Mobiliza Saracura Vai-Vai Movement, a group formed by Bixiga residents in demand for the preservation of the archaeological site and the renaming of station 14 Bis to Saracura Vai-Vai Station.
