Narrated by composer and singer Leci Brandrão, the Women in Football Audio Guide brings stories of 100 years of women participation in the most popular sport in Brazil - a journey filled with resistance and fight, even facing a decree that prohibited the discipline for almost 40 years. The Audio Guide can be used while visiting the Football Museum, providing insights on the women in each room, and may also be heard as a podcast, for free, from anywhere in the world.
Narrated by composer and singer Leci Brandrão, the Women in Football Audio Guide brings stories of 100 years of women participation in the most popular sport in Brazil - a journey filled with resistance and fight, even facing a decree that prohibited the discipline for almost 40 years. The Audio Guide can be used while visiting the Football Museum, providing insights on the women in each room, and may also be heard as a podcast, for free, from anywhere in the world.
17 Aug 2021
Women in Football Audio Guide | #Ep 1 - About the Museum
The first episode of the Women in Football Audio Guide talks a little bit about us, the Football Museum. The Museum, which is under the bleachers of the Pacaembu Stadium, brings a lot of memories about the discipline. However, most of these memories are related to men’s football. Where is the football played by women? We start telling this story here!
17 Aug 2021
Women in Football Audio Guide | #Ep 2 - Penalty Area
The second episode of the audio guide talks about the Museum’s Penalty Area room. From the floor to the ceiling, you will find several pieces that tell the history of football: jerseys, mascots, banners, mugs, pins, tickets of old matches...a lot of stuff. For a long time, almost everything in this room was about men’s football. However, with a lot of research, elements that tell the story of women in the sport have been included in the Museum’s collection. Com find out the elements that preserve the memory of women’s football displayed in this room!
17 Aug 2021
Women in Football Audio Guide | #Ep 3 - Foot on the Ball
The history of many male and female football players begins the same way: bare feet, in the street, with improvised goal posts and ball. They say that is where our talent comes from... Girls are not always encouraged to play football from an early age. Some get dolls as gifts, while the boys get footballs. But, nevertheless, they persist. That is perfectly obvious to anyone who does not close their eyes. This episode us about the visibility gained by women in the football world!
17 Aug 2021
Women in Football Audio Guide | #Ep 4 - Baroque Angels
The Baroque Angels room displays images of mythical characters of the football world; those who enter the playing field and seem to craft art. The combination of light, sound, and projections create an almost divine environment to celebrate 29 athletes. Four of them are women: Marta, Cristiane, Formiga, and Sissi. This episode tells us a little bit about their journeys!
17 Aug 2021
Women in Football Audio Guide | #Ep 5 - Goals and Radio
The Museum’s Goals and Radio room is dedicated to media vehicles. They are part of football history. This is the part of the press that tells the fans everything that happens inside and outside the playing field. Well, this was another sector that kept women out for a long time. This episode talks about women who covered football for radio and press as a whole.
17 Aug 2021
Women in Football Audio Guide | #Ep 6 - Exaltation Room
The crowd! It drives the team. The Exaltation room tries to reproduce this environment. The rumble is deafening; as if you were right in the middle of an organized fan club (“torcida organizada” in Portuguese). Now, tell me: have you ever wondered about the origin of the word “torcida”? It is most likely related to women. Listen to this story in the sixth episode of the audio guide!
17 Aug 2021
Women in Football Audio Guide | #Ep 7 - Origins
Indeed: a lot of people tried to prohibit women from playing football. But they were always brave and bold, in Brazil and all around the world. The Origins room tells a little bit of this story and is the subject of this episode.
17 Aug 2021
Women in Football Audio Guide | #Ep 8 - Heroes Room
It tells the stories of two women who were very important in Brazilian football: Margarida Pereira and Dona Carlota.
17 Aug 2021
Women in Football Audio Guide | #Ep 9 - Rite of Passage
In the Football Museum exhibit, the Rite of Passage room represents one of the saddest defeats in our history: the “Maracanazo”. In 1950, the men’s national team lost the World Cup final to Uruguay in the brand new and absolutely packed Maracanã. But this rooms tell the story of another rite of passage, which did not last only one day and that also left very deep scars in Brazilian sport, society, and culture: the four decades of prohibition of women’s football.
17 Aug 2021
Women in Football Audio Guide | #Ep 10 - World Cups
One of the rooms in the Museum is dedicated to the main football championship: the World Cup. The focus is on the men’s national team. They played their first World Cup in 1930. And, while the Brazilians were three-time world champions, in 1970, women were not even allowed to play official matches. The tenth episode of the audio guide talks about our overdue women’s national team.
17 Aug 2021
Women in Football Audio Guide | #Ep 11 - Pelé & Garrincha
There is no duo like Pelé and Garrincha! Just like there is no due like Marta and Formiga. In the Football Museum, the Pelé & Garrincha room is entirely dedicated to them, but in this audio guide our homage is only for the girls!
17 Aug 2021
Women in Football Audio Guide | #Ep 12 - Statistics and Trivia
The Statistics and Trivia room is an encyclopedia of football! It has everything about the most popular sport in the country! Or almost everything... For many years, this room had only one panel with information about women's football. But things are changing. Listen to some trivia and statistics about the history of women’s football.
17 Aug 2021
Women in Football Audio Guide | #Ep 13 - Dance of Football
Football is art; when well played, it is as beautiful as dancing. A popular and refined ballet. This is translated in the Dance of Football room: there are videos and images with characters, plays, and episodes about the history of Brazilian women in football. And it is worth thinking: who are our pioneers? Playing, refereeing, coaching, commentating, or cheering, these women must be remembered. And that is what his episode is all about!
17 Aug 2021
Women in Football Audio Guide | #Ep 14 - Body Feint
Our Body Feint room is an invitation to football fans. It is a way of trying out this exciting sport that moves Brazilians. There is a virtual playing field, goal kick, movie theater... The room allows everyone to experience the world of football. And this is the experience women could have after the discipline was regulated in 1983. For a long time, this room favored male teams that already played in the Brazilian championship. But what do we know about the women's football teams? Listen to this episode and find out!
17 Aug 2021
Women in Football Audio Guide | #Ep 15 - Homage to Pacaembu
Pacaembu hosted a women’s football match for the first time when the stadium was inaugurated in 1940. Cassino Realengo played against Brasileiro. The pictures and videos in this room represent the moment of euphoria of the inauguration of the new playing field in São Paulo. Unfortunately, the memories of these pioneer women was practically erased. But we will tell you this story in the last episode of our audio guide!
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