...Leisure
Dito's life isn't all about work, however.... He has a great group of friends in the settlement. They enjoy going to the bank of the Rio São Francisco to swim on
the weekends.
O Rio São Francisco
The original MST encampment of the area occurred in 1995, with some 3,000 families eventually resulted in the
creation of the Safra settlement (along with 8 neighboring communities). They are located along the banks of the Sao Francisco (also nicknamed--Chico Velho, the River of National Unification, the Sea-River.)
Safra’s children are strong swimmers—they grow up in the water. Dito is no exception. He and his friends can swim to the Island
across from the settlement, without the aid of flotation devices. The river is their site of leisure, pleasure,
flirtation, and fun. It is the source of
their household and irrigation water.
The river is everything.
parties & DANCING
Many of the youth of Safra love to go to the Free Space Club on
the weekends to party, dance, and relax after their busy weeks. They are
especially talented, creative dancers.
They like to dress up and dance to forró and arrocha.
