Pena de Pavão de Krishna

Pena de Pavão de Krishna

Foundation	2013; 11 years ago (2013)
Symbol	A peacock feather
Location	Belo Horizonte

Pena de Pavão de Krishna (Portuguese for 'Krishna's Peacock's feather') is a carnival block in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It was founded in 2013. The block parades in the Sunday of the carnival week playing Afoxê.^[1]

The block's themes are inspired in the Indian culture. One of its characteristics is the intonation of the Om mantra before rehearsals and the parade. Another is the adoption of violins as one of the main musical instruments.^[1] The block's name comes from lyrics of “Trilhos Urbanos”, a song from Caetano Veloso.^[1]

History

The first parade happened in 2013 in the Floresta neighbourhood.^[2]

In 2014, the block expanded, and gathered around two thousand paraders, this time at Jardim América neighbourhood.^{[3] [4]}

In 2015, the block gathered around 4 thousand paraders at Praça 15, in the Lagoinha neighbourhood, following towards Pedreira Prado Lopes.^[5][6] The parade in that year was the first to have a giant doll of Sri Krishna, weighing 37 kilos. It was brought by Tiago Pindaíba, also known as palhaço Pindaíba.^[7]

References

1. ÁVILA, Camila (2015-01-15). "Pena de Pavão de Krishna é maravilha" [Pena de Pavão de Krishna is a wonder] (in Portuguese). Sou BH.
2. "Blocos vão além do Centro de Belo Horizonte e reúnem até Hare krishnas" [Carnival blocks go beyond the Belo Horizonte center, and even gather Hare Krishnas] (in Portuguese). 2013-02-12.
3. "Bloco Pena de Pavão de Krishna abre domingo de Carnaval em BH" [Pena de Pavão de Krishna opens the Carnival Sunday] (in Portuguese). R7. 2 March 2014.
4. "Bloco Pena de Pavão de Krishna foi às ruas neste domingo" [Pena de Pavão de Krishna paraded this Sunday] (in Portuguese). O Tempo. 2014.
5. "Pena de Pavão de Krishna leva multidão para a Pedreira Prado Lopes" [Pena de Pavão de Krishna brings large crowd to Pedreira Prado Lopes] (in Portuguese). Jornal Hoje em Dia. 2015-02-15.
6. "Bloco do Pena de Pavão de Krishna desfila pelo bairro Lagoinha" [Block Pena de Pavão de Krishna parades in the Lagoinha neighbourhood] (in Portuguese). O Tempo. 15 February 2015.
7. "Pena de Pavão de Krishna já se concentra na Praça 15 de Junho no Bairro Lagoinha" [Pena de Pavão de Krishna already gathers the paraders at Praça 15 de Junho] (in Portuguese). Portal Uai. 2015-02-15.