July 26, 2021

07:07

Bruno Pacheco – from Cenarium

MANAUS – Randa Kunã Poty Rory, 24, from the Guarani-Kaiowá ethnic group, is the name of the first indigenous rapper from the Guarani ethnic group, Ana Lúcia or Anarandá Guarani, as she is known, and means “bright flower woman, charismatic and communicator”. The young artist, an environmental management student at the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD), says she decided to become a singer to spread the culture and reality of her people to the world through music.

"I decided to be a singer because I want to pass on my culture, the reality of my Guarani-Kaiowá people to the world," says Anarandá Guarani

Born in the Guapouy Village, in the municipality of Amambai (MS), Anarandá currently lives in Dourados (225 kilometers from the capital Campo Grande), where she is also a teacher and digital influencer. Through social networks, the rapper talks about the culture and the mother tongue of the Guarani people. To CENARIUM, the young woman said she has always liked music, even though she had a difficult childhood because she did not have access to radio or cell phones.

She says that her passion for singing made her write songs in Guarani since she was a little girl. At the age of 12, Anarandá recalls, she had her first contact with the radio when her family bought a battery-powered device, where she used to listen to the news of the region.

“I came from a very poor family and we lived far away from the city. Everything was more difficult. I always dreamed of being a singer until I met the Hip and Hop culture,” says the young woman. At first, she thought about making songs about several themes until she found herself as an artist and talked about female empowerment and the daily life of the village she lived in.

Feminicide

In March this year, Anarandá released the first music video of her career, entitled “Feminicídio”, available on Youtube. Recorded in Dourado and in the Mororó village, the video denounces violence against women and calls for an end to feminicide, besides showing that the indigenous people can be present both in the city and in the village, being free to occupy whatever space they want.

“In rapping I tell a real story. And for me, to be a rapper is to talk about your culture and your reality. The rapper is realistic, it transmits a reflection. That is why I decided to be a singer in Hip-Hop culture, precisely to bring the reality of the Guarani-Kaiowá people, especially the women, because they are rarely heard in my community.

According to the rapper, feminicide or violence against women are themes very often seen in indigenous villages. However, says Anarandá, women remain silent in face of aggressions and, when they speak out, they are not heard most of the time. This is why the idea came up to talk about the case.

“I aim to transmit about female empowerment, the reality of my Guarani-Kaiowá people, to talk about resistance, culture, and our rights. The ethnic cultural appreciation is always in my works, especially the voice of the women and also the children”, she recalled.

Fight

Anarandá has a total of three songs recorded and 15 songs she plans to record. She points out to CENARIUM that if she had more support and financial incentive, she could have many more songs recorded. But as a student and a woman, she finds herself in the midst of daily challenges to continue in her singing career.

“Being an independent artist and an artist who is between choosing to invest in her career and ‘paying bills’, I often have to pay bills and I can’t afford to record. With a lot of struggle, through the Aldir Blanc Law, which I am one of the winners of, I was able to do this work about the feminicipality. I am very happy, because people are listening to women’s voices and because I am being the voice of my people”, she reinforced.

Watch the clip of ‘Feminicídio’ :