Claudia Leitte is accused of religious discrimination after changing the lyrics of the song Caranguejo. The singer replaced the line “Hailing Queen Iemanjá” with “I sing to my King Yeshua”.
Due to this attitude, the Bahia Public Prosecutor’s Office filed a civil action against the artist, requesting that she be ordered to pay 2 million reais for collective moral damage.
The case had repercussions last year, during Carnival, when Internet users retrieved a video of a performance in which Claudia Leitte modified the lyrics of the song to avoid mentioning a religious entity of African origin.
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In the original excerpt, the song says: “The tide is full / Waiting for it to empty / Throwing flowers into the sea / Greeting Queen Iemanjá”. In the version sung by the artist, the last phrase was modified to “I only praise my king Yeshua”, the name of Jesus in Hebrew.
Caranguejo was released by Claudia Leitte in 2004, at a time when she was still part of the band Babado Novo.
About the action
In addition to compensation, the public prosecutor asks Claudia Leitte to pay the amount to the National Fund for the Defense of Diffuse Rights or to entities representing religions of African origin.
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The request also includes that the singer publicly retracts and undertakes not to commit acts considered discriminatory, directly or indirectly, in presentations, interviews, artistic productions or on social networks, in particular those which involve the deletion or alteration of religious references of African origin.
For the moment, the artist has not spoken publicly.
Read the note:
“The Public Ministry of the State of Bahia informs that the Public Ministry for Combating Racism and Religious Intolerance and the Center for Defense of Historical, Artistic and Cultural Heritage (Nudephac) filed a complaint against the singer Cláudia Leitte, on the 2nd, asking the court to determine, as a preliminary injunction, that the artist does not practice any act of religious discrimination, directly or indirectly, in her public presentations, interviews, artistic or social productions. networks, particularly those which involve the suppression, alteration or devaluation of religious references of African origin.
It was also requested that, when the action is judged, the singer, for practicing violation of cultural heritage and religious discrimination against religions of African origin, be ordered to pay compensation for collective moral damage and to broadcast a public retraction, in a national media (open television and/or official social networks), in a format and content that will be approved by the Court.
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