Students from Petrolina who went viral with forró debut in a public show this Saturday

After going viral playing forró in the school corridors, students from Petrolina will perform publicly for the first time at Forró do Estudante Victória Santana After going viral on social media playing forró, students from Petrolina, in the Sertão of Pernambuco, will perform publicly for the first time this Saturday (8). The show will be held at the Forró do Estudante event, at the Associação das Mulheres Rendeiras, in the José e Maria neighborhood, at 7pm. Tickets cost R$5 and will be sold at the door. ?: Download the g1 app to see news from Petrolina and the region in real time and for free Petrolina students go viral playing forró and earn praise from Natiruts vocalist The partnership between the teenagers began unpretentiously during a classroom activity. The accordion chords of Marcos Vinícius, known as Bento Sanfoneiro, joined the voice of Raphael Carlos. In one of the posts that took over the internet, Raphael sings the song "Andei Só" accompanied by Bento. The video for the song, recorded in 2001 by the band Natiruts and recently re-recorded by Tarcísio do Acordeon, had more than 3 million views and was even noticed by the track's author, Alexandre Carlo. Forró do Estudante is organized by the social and cultural project Sou Periferia, in partnership with Odùn Produções. The event celebrates Student Month by valuing youth, public schools and popular culture produced in the outskirts. The proposal is to transform the talent born at school into an open meeting for the community.