Murgas embody the artistic essence of the Uruguayan people

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00:00 Now we go to another location of the carnival,

00:02 celebrations in the Caribbean and Latin American countries.

00:06 In this case, let's go to Uruguay,

00:08 where La Murga is a mix of a good script, colors, customs,

00:12 music, and kind of social contestatory performances.

00:16 Let's see that.

00:19 February is carnival time, and in Uruguay, it is Murga time.

00:23 Murgas embody the artistic essence

00:25 of the Uruguayan people.

00:26 Every year, they display creative proposals

00:29 that embrace ingenious scripts, along with vibrant costumes

00:32 and makeup without which it is impossible to fully appreciate

00:36 their artistic expression.

00:38 Lucia has been a costume designer

00:39 for more than a decade and knows very well the importance

00:42 of costumes for the Murga.

00:44 The Murga show, of course, like any stage show,

00:53 has many layers and many levels of symbols and codes

00:56 that are transmitted.

00:57 But the wardrobe, in this case, has an important weight

01:01 because it is practically more than the scenography.

01:04 I think that the wardrobe work has a kind of scenography

01:07 in the Murga show.

01:08 It gives an aesthetic frame to the whole text, which

01:11 is the communication part.

01:13 It's like the fundamental part.

01:15 The construction of a Murguero show takes many months.

01:24 During that time, artistic concepts in all their dimensions

01:27 are being discussed--

01:28 the lyrics, the wardrobes, and the makeup.

01:32 The role of the wardrobe designer always is, of course,

01:35 is to contribute from the aesthetic,

01:37 but also from the conceptual.

01:39 It isn't an idea just because it is pretty, right?

01:42 It is how the wardrobe is also saying things.

01:45 And those things are in the union

01:47 with what the Murgista is expressing with her signing.

01:52 Another essential scenic facet of the Murga is the makeup.

01:56 During hours, the makeup team builds up

01:58 the plastic dimension of this artistic proposal.

02:00 It always starts from the idea that we want to say

02:06 or that wants to be told.

02:07 It's like out of nowhere, and then it

02:09 flows in many different forms.

02:11 Sometimes it is said in a more luminous way.

02:14 In other ways, unifying the code of the art.

02:17 From there, it is created as a group

02:19 because it is purely collective.

02:21 It is wardrobe.

02:22 It's scene.

02:23 It's very collective.

02:24 I mean, there are costumes, there are scenes.

02:27 Colors, shadows, and highlights emphasize

02:30 each aspect of the show.

02:31 These factors must act in a coordinated manner

02:34 for the thread of the show to be coherent and powerful.

02:36 They are an essential component because they

02:44 are the end of the construction of the characters.

02:46 In working with the costume designer, who

02:48 is the one who designs the costumes,

02:50 we are elaborating the threads of the show

02:53 where the narrative of the show is going

02:55 and how the costumes are going to develop throughout 45

02:57 minutes, which is how long a Murga song lasts.

03:00 The costumes, makeup, and lyrics complete a unity

03:07 that turns the Murga into a unique show that transmits

03:10 idea, aesthetic concepts, and sensations that are already

03:14 part of the Uruguayan identity and that

03:16 is re-edited every February.

03:19 Matteo Grigio, Telechurdo.

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