September 7, 2024 • 9 AM to 6 PM
A free celebration honoring Brazilian historical and cultural heritage awaits you at the Ipiranga Museum on Independence Day. Activities offer a day of leisure outdoors, with games and challenges, workshops, walks, storytelling, and artistic interventions, in addition to a visit to the monument building.
The event is sponsored by Shell, with institutional partnership from Sesc Ipiranga and the Municipal Tourism Secretariat of the City of São Paulo, as well as support from Hospital Dom Alvarenga.
Check out the full schedule:
Free admission to the Ipiranga Museum.
From 9am to 6pm • last entry at 5pm
Activities with accessibility resources for the deaf community and loan of audio guides, with audio description and video sign language (video with subtitles and sign language interpreter).
Visit the exhibitions “A History of Brazil”, “Understanding the Museum” and “Imagined Pasts”.
Independence or Death!
9:30 AM to 5:00 PM • Main Hall of the Ipiranga Museum
Guided tours in Libras (Brazilian Sign Language) at 9:30 AM, 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 3:30 PM.
Mediation in the Main Hall regarding the painting "Independence or Death!", by Pedro Américo.
Coral USP
9:30 AM to 10:30 AM • esplanade staircase
Activity with live audio description and sign language interpreter.
Created in 1967 by Maestro Benito Juarez and José Luiz Visconti, it encompasses 12 groups and 3 workshops under the direction of 7 conductors, with more than 650 choristers. The group will present a repertoire of classics of Brazilian popular music, such as Aquarela, João e Maria, Mas que Nada, Maluco Beleza and País Tropical.
This activity is offered by Shell.
Rap Battle
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM • intervention
MCs challenge each other in a competition of improvised rhymes set to rap beats.
With Brasirima, in partnership with Shell.
Soiree
2 PM to 3 PM • intervention
A celebration of art in various formats: music, poetry, and visual arts. Focused on the reality of the periphery, the event uses rap and MPB (Brazilian Popular Music) to express the struggle for the right to a dignified life, showcasing original works and inspirations from peripheral artists.
With Coletivo Perafatividade, in partnership with Shell.
Brass Quintet
5pm to 6pm • music
The Baccarelli Institute Brass Quintet presents a selection of pieces ranging from classical to contemporary to the public.
With Instituto Baccarelli, in partnership with Shell.
Poems of the Umbrella
10:30 AM to 11:00 AM | 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM | 12:30 PM to 1:00 PM • Intervention in the Garden
Two artists interact with the public using a trunk full of surprises and an umbrella that drips poems.
With Cia Suno, in partnership with SESC Ipiranga
Hiking Trail to Identify the Vegetation
11am to 12pm | 3pm to 4pm • Garden experience
Through botanical observations, participants will learn about the names, characteristics, interesting facts, and cultivation of the plants found in the Ipiranga Museum Garden.
With Assucena Tupiasu, in partnership with SESC Ipiranga
Queue Quiz
9am to 4pm • experience
A game of questions about the Ipiranga Museum and the themes of its exhibitions along the entrance queue.
With the Education Team of the Ipiranga Museum
French Garden: Nazaré terrace
Educational games and experiences
From 10am to 5pm • experience
Activity with accessibility features for the deaf community.
Games and mediation materials related to the themes of the Ipiranga Museum's collection.
With the Education team from the Ipiranga Museum
Did I look good in the photo?
10am to 5pm • intervention
Visitors will be able to experience what it's like to be photographed in a 19th-century photography studio.
This activity is offered by Shell.
shoes swapped
10:30 AM to 11:00 AM • Storytelling
An activity about the importance of adapting and being happy with who we are and what life brings us.
With Cia Makunaicontos, in partnership with SESC Ipiranga
The Mouth of the Night
11:00 AM to 11:30 AM • Storytelling
An activity that tells a bit about the history, childhood, family, and culture of the Wapichana people.
With Cia Makunaicontos, in partnership with SESC Ipiranga
Botanical Impressions in Gelatin
11:00 AM to 11:45 AM | 2:30 PM to 3:15 PM • workshop
Activity involving graphic prints of tree leaves from the Ipiranga neighborhood.
With Technology and Arts Educators, in partnership with SESC Ipiranga
Small Botanical Notebooks
11:45 AM to 12:30 PM | 3:15 PM to 4:00 PM • workshop
Participants will create a small accordion-style book with botanical prints and elaborate compositions using stamps provided during the workshop.
With Technology and Arts Educators, in partnership with SESC Ipiranga
The Monkey and the Moon
12:00 PM to 12:45 PM • Storytelling
Clowns Sarita Jurupoca and João Pimentão use classic circus acts, acrobatics, music, and playfulness to relive this story, which mythically recounts how drums originated in Africa.
With Ateliê Moitará, in partnership with SESC Ipiranga
Screen printing workshop: trees of São Paulo
12pm to 3pm • workshop
The activity invites the public to explore the silkscreen technique and print their own image; the suggestion is to use images of trees and leaves that belong to the biome of the state of São Paulo.
With Quiosco Cultural, in partnership with SESC Ipiranga
Games, Notebooks and Stamps
12:30 PM to 1:15 PM | 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM • workshop
Participants are introduced to bookbinding techniques and invited to activate their notebooks in activities involving drawing and stamping.
With Technology and Arts Educators, in partnership with SESC Ipiranga
At the Foot of the Baobab Tree
1 PM to 4 PM • Storytelling
The playful Abayomi dolls—Ayo, Luedji, Fayola, Dandara, and Ayana—hold secrets and myths! With a trunk full of works written by Afro-Brazilian authors, these dolls return to Brazil after a journey through the African continent.
With Cia Abayomis Brincante, in partnership with SESC Ipiranga
Experience in juggling
1 PM to 5 PM • experience
The public is encouraged to try juggling and other circus techniques.
With the Becker Brothers, in partnership with SESC Ipiranga.
Body in Motion – We are made of Samba
4pm to 5pm • open class
Samba workshops will teach basic steps, maneuvers, and sequences for beginners and experienced practitioners, using the MP method, which is gradual and accessible to all skill levels.
With Marcus Prado and team, in partnership with SESC Ipiranga.
Playing at painting with earth paints
2 PM to 5 PM • workshop
A workshop on producing handcrafted paints using natural pigments extracted from the earth, allowing participants to create their own paints and explore painting techniques in a creative and sustainable way.
With Kênya Garbossa, in partnership with SESC Ipiranga
Go by Script
10am to 5pm • guided tours
Guided tour itineraries for Independence Park in partnership with the Municipal Tourism Secretariat.
French Garden: Xavier Terrace
Automata for playing
10am to 1pm • workshop
A playful experience of creating toys and reinventing everyday objects using popsicle sticks, paper, and paint.
With Bruno Perê, in partnership with SESC Ipiranga
Games and rhythmic activities
10am to 1pm • experience
Children's games inspired by cacuriás. The audience is invited to play and dance while the group sets the rhythm with songs and musical instruments.
With Macamba N'Goma, in partnership with SESC Ipiranga
Handmade printing with Adinkras
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM | 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM • workshop
A dialogue about the meanings and origins of the symbols known as Adinkra symbols, with experimentation using the block printing technique on textile supports.
With Coletivo Iê Cultural, in partnership with SESC Ipiranga
Affective cartographies
2 PM to 5 PM • workshop
Creating drawings based on the observation of different elements in space (people, plants, animals, buildings), in dialogue with personal and collective memories.
With Carla Caffé, in partnership with SESC Ipiranga
Fanzine-making ideas: production creative in fanzines
2:30 PM to 5:00 PM • workshop
A fanzine workshop, guided by reflections on history and potential.
This language is used for expression, activism, criticism, and social and political mobilization by individuals.
With Roger BeatJesus, in partnership with SESC Ipirangaga
