Just because you’ve signed your life away to god, doesn’t mean you can’t get down with a bit of beatboxing, according to these Brazilian nuns, anyway.
Nuns come from all walks of life, and I guess there may just be a few reformed B-Girls among them. While doing a talk on a catholic TV show in Brazil, Sisters Marizele Cassiano and Marisa de Paula broke into song and dance. The spirit of Christ compelled them, and Christ was feeling fresh.
While talking about a vocational retreat, beatboxing flowed forth from nun number one. The other hyped her up by singing and throwing out a mean two-step. “That moment was very spontaneous, because with Sister Marisa, if you start a beat, she will dance. And I’m used to singing, to beatboxing, so for us it was very simple, spontaneous,” Sister Marizele Cassiano told the Associated Press.
If the Catholic church is looking to recruit a younger audience, the new Pope Leo could tap into his Chicago roots and pull some of the hip-hop influence of his youth together. Chicago is known for its hip hop, with names like Kanye West heralding from its streets.
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Musical praise has always been a part of religious celebration. Who’s to say these nuns’ beatboxing isn’t valid? As long as the lyrics are clean and the beats fresh, it’s all worship. “Beatboxing, dancing, and the songs themselves are tools that God uses to reach the hearts of the people we work with. And it works! It’s beautiful to see,” one of the sisters said.
Their pure celebration of their god with a wacky twist has blown up online. The two nuns are amazed by the response their TV beatboxing has garnered. One of them, who has an Instagram, has amassed over 10,000 followers.
The youth might not be about to trade in their modern lives for the nun’s habit. But the fancy footwork and hard beats from these women of Christ may pull a few into the congregation. They certainly weren’t the image of stuck-up piety most associate with the church.