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Murals
History: Marches, defining moments, congresses

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Still image from video by Malcolm McNee. Reproduced by permission.

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Detail of mural celebrating pan-Latin American identity, against backdrop of names of individuals from Brazil and around the world who struggled for the rights of the poor, National Week of Brazilian Culture and Agrarian Reform, Rio de Janeiro, 2002.
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Murals : Edited by Malcolm McNee. Translation © Else R P Vieira.

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November 2002

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RIGHTSOF965

Mural Painting
Murals, conceived of and painted collectively, have become important as allegorical representations of the defining themes of state and national level congresses of the MST. They also draw upon and strengthen the symbols of the MST.
Else R P Vieira

See also: The Plastic Arts in the MST: Beauty as a Human Right

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