The Cup of Silence

06/11/2013 - 08h35

The caxirola, the rattle created by musician Carlinhos Brown and a multinational company, is not the only thing prohibited from entering the stadiums for the Confederations Cup, and probably for the 2014 World Cup.

No "mechanical instrument that produces excessive amounts of noise" will be allowed in the tournament that begins Saturday with Brazil vs. Japan, at 4PM, in Brasilia.

In article 4 of the code of conduct in stadiums, FIFA uses megaphones and horns as examples of banned products. But all fans will be banned from entering any of the six arenas with instruments that excited Brazilians years ago in international tournaments, such as the tambourine and timbrel.

From 2006, at the World Cup in Germany, until now, FIFA has avoided musical instruments in their competitions for safety and to meet the requests of TV and national teams.

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At the inauguration of the Fonte Nova, there was a "rain" of caxirolas onto the field.

In 2010, the organization allowed vuvuzelas, the horns used by the South Africans. It accepted them under pressure from the local government, which argued that the ban would be disrespectful to the country's tradition.

The deafening noise that engulfed the stadiums that hosted matches generated a flood of complaints. Those dissatisfied, according to what Folha found, mainly were TV, which had problems in transmissions, and on the field, the coaches, who could not get messages to their players.

In Brazil, there is the history of protesting by hurling objects onto the field. In the defeat of Bahia by Vitória 5-1 in April, at the inauguration of the Fonte Nova, there was a "rain" of caxirolas onto the field. The rattles were distributed free of charge by the manufacturer for promotion, but the plan backfired.

Even though banned in stadiums, FIFA agreed to license the caxirola as an official product - it will be sold in the shops of the event.

Translated by DAVE WOLIN

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