Case Studies in the Cultural and Political Uses of Popular Music

After years of effort, Portugal attracted competition with other countries that wish to deprive Brazilian land by themselves. In order for Portugal to ensure their request for land, they must start the process of colonization. After Portugal colonized Brazil, sugar and coffee plantation were developed. However, due to diseases caused by Europeans, many local people are dying, and more and more workers in sugar and coffee plantations are missing.

In this case, I will explain concretely about music as a very important popular culture in modern society. Music takes a variety of forms, such as songs, BGM, television programs, radio songs, arrangements made in school orchestras, and concerts to be held in various scenes. Music has had a great impact on the culture of the world. Music is a means of communication. For example, when singing patriotic songs, they convey a patriotic message, sing a sorrowful song, they conveyed a message of condolence, when a sacred song was sung, they mean worship, etc. . Music is also used for publicity and persuasion. Music reflects what is going on all over the world, a substitute image between people and lyrics. Music that shares their opinions and emotions can be found from all ages, from children to old people.

Music has tremendous power to tie people together and promote cultural understanding. The UK case study shows how to enrich the cultural landscape of the country through encounters with different music traditions, the influence of immigrant communities and foreigners. At the European border there are two important cultural roles: they define the areas of cultural heritage sharing (languages, food, music, rituals), but the idea satisfies cultural practices and opportunities to share It also represents a meeting place with. For centuries the culture itself has been shared in Europe and the freedom of movement created by the EU will only promote the exchange of ideas.