Torcidas
Torcidas

Summary/Abstract: The text describes one of the matches played by local teams at the Pituaçu stadium in the Brazilian town of Salvador. By applying the reportage technique the author shows the world of Brazilian football and groups of fans, at the same time analysing the phenomenon of the latter’s organisation into associations. Brazilian football fans create so-called torcidas organisadas, which at first glance are similar to many such groups the world over. In reality, however, they are extremely well organised and ruled by certain codes and aesthetic; their stadium applause assumes the form of performance confrontations in which the winners are torcidas capable of showing the most attractive spectacle.

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