Hanging out with the old-school "malucos"

in #culture3 months ago

I'm starting to identify a trend in the streets of big cities. It is basically a dance between crack, alcohol, consumerism and christianity. The system creates psychological problems through disconnection from Nature and Spirituality, leading people towards the downward spiral of drug abuse, then come the people from the christian church to feed and protect the "least fortunate" feeling like they've won heaven for it. Except they didn't, their still in Sin City.

There's a lot of people from the churches giving out these witchcraft based blessings where they ask to the Lord, previously claritying that they are unworthy sinners, to bring good things to your life. Many good things yes, but there's also "work" in between, meaning of course a job within the very system that makes you sick.

Much like doctors don't want you to achieve great health and immunity, priests don't want you anywhere near God, or Jesus for that matter. They want you close to dolls, icons, books and ideas they've concocted, and then back to the things that hurt your spirit in the first place. They are not half as invested in understanding what their "sin" is about, as they are in having a social presence that makes them look better than the rest.

Those of us who don't play that game are called "malucos" here in Brasil, which is similar to crazy but sounds kinda stylish here for some reason. Anyways, y'all know how anyone who refuses cages is labeled crazy, as if there was something wrong with that person.

Most malucos I've met aren't decadent or in need of salvation. They're not on the streets because of drug abuse or depression. They have dignity and persue evolution, both in their crafts as in their spirits.

We don't fit in with society but we aren't trying to hurt anyone either. There's a lot of code involved, an unwritten and unspoken code that you begin to understand the more you spend time outside. It's fun for me to get it now because the first times I heard this word it sounded like it was a reference to bad people. But no. Most malucos are often good people willing to help in exchange for nothing.

It seems there's been a lot of changes towards people like us lately here in Brasil, positive changes thanks to a documentary called "Malucos da Estrada" which I leave right here:

In the documentary is shown that things were very violent towards people who worked in the streets, a situation that seems to be changing, at least in the places I've visited.

Anyway, now you know what the word maluco means in case you ever travel around Latin America. I think they use it mainly in Colombia, Venezuela, and Brasil. Though it's actually also used for crazy people who are irrational, so it's up to you to distinguish 😆

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Yeah cities tend to be huge melting pots, it's where folk go, thinking they can live their dreams, but city life can be very disconnecting, for some.
Sending you a hug xxx