Javan is sad to think that his mother passed away before he could see his success. The 76-year-old singer and songwriter spoke about this pain in an interview with journalist Maria Fortuna on the newspaper O GLOBO’s videocast “Conversa vai, conversa Come”, which is aired on YouTube and Spotify. The artist also reflected on her father’s abandonment of her child. Check out excerpts from the interview below.
His mother, Virginia Viana, worked as a washerwoman and supported her three children and two nephews on her own. He died prematurely when you were 21 due to an intestinal obstruction. She always said you would be a singer, you were destined to sing. Your song “Dona do Horizonte” says a lot about what she meant to you. Did it hurt that she didn’t see you succeed and that she couldn’t enjoy the better financial situation that you achieved?
I’m sorry that I couldn’t give my mother the life she deserved. Unfortunately, I couldn’t give it to her while she was still alive. Five years from now, 10 years from now, it will be possible. But God did not want that to happen. She was that person who fought for everyone. He had little time left to live. What she had a lot of in life was the opportunity to lead us. To me and my brothers. With your teachings, with your words, with your love, with your affection, with your warmth. But she herself had no such thing. This is sad for me.
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Is your father a traveling salesman? It has disappeared from the world…
Traveler (laughter). He was Galician and had blue blue eyes.
What do you perceive within yourself as a result of this abandonment by your father? Did this hole, plus the fact that he was absent, require you to be a nicer, more present father?
Let me tell you one thing: I’m sure my father was just as lonely as any other father. But my mother didn’t allow that to be the determining factor in our lives. That’s why I often talk about my mother. She had strength. He said things with determination, with absolute conviction…My father didn’t miss it, but his father did. Obviously it would have been different if I had a father. I don’t know which one, but it’s different, right? But that hole was filled by her.
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In fact, it was she who taught me about the meditative state, which is the main medium of her art. It all started in Alagoas, when, in an intimate moment, she put a mat in front of your house and you lay on her lap, looking at the sky, explaining the constellations and the names of plants… In other words, she instilled in you a love of nature that is a great inspiration…
My mother was a wise woman. She was respected throughout the neighborhood as if she were a midwife. This was not the case, but there was a power in the community, like a midwife, a soul that controlled the emotions of the community. My mother was like that. Although she did not have babies, she helped people and had a sophisticated intellect. And she taught me everything. Including cobblestones. She said, “You’re going to be a singer, you have a beautiful voice.” And there, Maria, in that moment I was connected as always and absorbed all those teachings. I was talking about everything, not just her, but everyone else who was there too.
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