We are calling all sambistas from Canada, the US, and around the world to join our community bateria, Bloco Mamutão!
Bloco Mamutão brings people together to gather at different locations across North America to meet, play, socialise and mingle, and to celebrate samba, Brazilian culture, and the community surrounding it.
Our very first meeting was held in Toronto, ON, Canada on Saturday, September 21, 2024, where we had over 50 people from half a dozen different cities came together to play the drums.
If you play samba, join us! Sign up with us so we can keep you posted on our next events!
If you would like to be informed on where we can see us next, follow us on social media!
Axé,
Péter and Adam
Péter Sós
Bio coming soon
Adam Kafal
Bio coming soon
We acknowledge that the land we gather and play on across Turtle Island or North America is the traditional territory of first nations peoples.
When we come together to celebrate and enjoy samba, this music we all love, we reflect on the history behind this music, heavily influenced by colonialism. While the music we play, and the culture surrounding it, is happy and full of life on its surface, and is now celebrated around the world as the symbol of Brazilian culture, is heavily influenced by, and its history bears deep marks of oppression, resistance, and the struggles of the Black slaves brought over from Africa to the American continent, as well as Indigenous peoples who struggled at the hands of their colonizers.
As we celebrate and enjoy Brazilian culture, we reflect on our privilege to be able to do so, and on the rich, and often cruel history that led to where we stand today.