Además de hacerse invisible a voluntad, el Saci puede convertirse en un Matitaperê o Matita Pereira, un pájaro con un canto melancólico que parece proceder de ninguna parte.
La leyenda dice que el Saci se desplaza en el interior de cualquier pequeño tornado que levante polvo. Missouri debe estar lleno, según esto, aunque imagino que la gente está demasiado ocupada de compras para darse cuenta.
El personaje siempre está presente en los cuentos infantiles, como esta obra que fui a ver con Ananda hace un tiempo (el Saci está a la izquierda).
Saci Pererê is a very playful character in Brazilian mythology. The color of his skin is black and he has only one leg. He is always depicted smoking a large pipe. He wears a red pointed hat, which gives him magical powers like the ability to appear or disappear whenever he wants to. He loves to play pranks like distracting people who are cooking so that the food burns on the stove or, in my case, startling me while typing so that I make a mistake.
Besides disappearing or becoming invisible (often with only his red cap and the red glow of his pipe still showing), the Saci can transform himself into a Matitaperê or Matita Pereira, an elusive bird whose melancholic song seems to come from nowhere.
Legend says inside every small tornado that raises dust and sweeps everything it finds in its way, there is a Saci Pererê. According to this, the Midwest must be full of them. Although I guess people is too busy shopping in the mall to notice.
Me llama la atención porque es negro y cojo, y porque me gustaría tener su gorrito rojo para aparecer y desaparecer a voluntad o convertirme en ese pajarito melancólico. No sé de ningún personaje mitológico similar en mi cultura.
Si no lo has hecho todavía, haz click en el icono de encima para escuchar la música. Elegí la canción porque menciona el Matita Pereira. Además, "Águas de Março" fue elegida como la mejor canción brasileña de todos los tiempos en una encuesta de hace unos años entre periodistas, músicos y otros artistas.
I'm drawn to it because it's black and crippled, and because I´d love to have my own red cap to become invisible at will or transform myself into that mysterious little bird. I can't think of any similar mitological figure in my own culture.
If you haven´t already, click on the icon above. I picked the song because it mentions the Matita Perereira. Plus Águas de Março (the song) was considered as one of the best Brazilians songs of all times by a poll of journalists and musicians a few years ago.
