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2008 release in which Maria Bethânia assumes the persona of a country girl, for whom the sea is a vague and unapproachable blue vastness with which she shares her thoughts. A country girl who, despite never having seen the sea, is capable, by using fresh water as a mirror, to approach and absorb the mysteries of the universe that surround her. Pirata is the result of the memoirs of a singer who has always been fascinated by rivers, waterfalls, and all the living forms that thrive under and around water. In this record, Maria draws upon some of the fundamental episodes in Brazil's popular culture, in addition to songs never before released and others written by some of Brazil's best loved composers. Pirata is a record rich in short stories which succeed in conveying their concept as a whole. 15 tracks. Discimedia. 2008.