Embu das Artes

Coordinates: 23°38′56″S 46°51′07″W / 23.64889°S 46.85194°W / -23.64889; -46.85194
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This article is about the city near São Paulo. For the nearby city, see Embu-Guaçu. For the city in Kenya, see Embu, Kenya. For the ethnic group in Kenya, see Embu people. For their language, see Embu language.

Embu das Artes
Handicraft in a street of Embu
Handicraft in a street of Embu
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WebsitePrefeitura Municipal de Embu

Embu das Artes, previously and commonly known simply as Embu, is a Brazilian

Metropolitan Region of São Paulo.[2] The population is 276,535 (2020 est.) in an area of 70.40 km2.[3]

Its history brought it an unexpected specialization as a city for artists. This has paid tourism dividends to the city.[citation needed]

History

The history of Embu began in 1554, with the arrival of a group of Jesuits of the aldeamento or settlement of Bohi, later M'Boy, halfway between the sea and the São Paulo hinterlands. As the Jesuit missions in the interior of Brazil, the primary objective was to convert the native population to Roman Catholicism, in an attempt to use them as farm workers in the region.

In 1607 the lands of the village passed to the hands of

Portuguese Crown
, the Jesuits were expelled from Brazil because they interfered in colonist affairs, such as protecting converted natives from the Bandeiras, which sought to enslave them.

The artistic vocation of the city started to project itself in 1937, when

Yoshio Takaoka.[4]

One of Cássio M'Boy's most successful disciples was Sakai de Embu, internationally known and one of the greatest Brazilian ceramist-sculptors. In 1962, Sakai formed the Solano Trindade group of plastic artists, highly influenced by African-Brazilian art and the religious tradition of the Yoruba orishahs. This group included Solano Trindade and later his daughter Raquel Trindade.

Typical house from Embu

The artistic tradition of Embu is an institution with projects and events done both in Brazil and abroad since 1964. The Feira de Artes and Artesanato do Embu (Arts and Handicraft of Embu) was launched in the late 1960s and it has been attracting tourists and revenues to the city ever since.

One of the top

Nazi torturers, Josef Mengele was buried in the Nossa Senhora do Rosario cemetery in Embu under his false identity, Wolfgang Gerhard,[5]
as the southern region of the city of São Paulo and its borders are known for a sizable German-Brazilian population.

References

  1. ^ IBGE 2020
  2. ^ Lei Complementar nº 1.139, de 16 de junho de 2011
  3. ^ Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
  4. ^ "Centenário da Semana de Arte Moderna de 1922 - Cássio M'Boy e os artistas do Movimento Modernista". Unicamp (in Brazilian Portuguese). 17 April 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  5. ^ Blumenthal, Ralph (22 July 1985). "Scientists Decide Brazil Skeleton Is Josef Mengele". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2014.

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Embu das Artes.
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