Fazenda de Inhauma

September 19, 2013 7:15 PM

I found an old MP3 with "Fazenda de Inhauma" as the title, some blog track I picked up years ago. I googled it and as best I can tell, it's a song about a neighborhood in Rio de Jainero that's been covered tons of times. So, what's the deal? Is it a favela party standard? Who made it big? Why are there so many versions? What does the song mean, lyrically?

Some random guy on YouTube said it had been in, "Tropa de Elite." Elite Troop? Is that a cop show?

posted by klangklangston to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

looks like tropa de elite may have been a very popular brazilian movie from 2008. it doesn't look like the song is on the official soundtrack, though.
posted by koroshiya at 7:25 PM on September 19, 2013

It a celebration of that particular favela, talking about what a great place it is.

I totally don't get the meaning of the "tropa de elite, osso duro de roer" bit, though. "Osso duro de roer" might be roughly equivalent to "tough nut to crack." Even if it is, it doesn't seem to square with the rest of the lyrics to me, not even the remaining words on the same line. Hopefully someone with less crusty Portuguese than mine will chime in.
posted by dmo at 3:53 AM on September 20, 2013 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Just got my one month follow-up notice.

Still unsolved. But do any of you guys have contacts? Maybe I can follow up on this on my own. If anyone knows one of these folks, lemme know.
posted by klangklangston at 3:55 PM on October 20, 2013