il gigante che non dorme mai

The giant that never sleeps.
So it is called, from the children who live there, the great mountain that houses the favela of Rocinha, Brazil.
An impressive giant black and smoky riddled by thousands of small bright eyes, a multitude of small dim lights shaky, anonymous windows hiding a dark world, as near as far.
A harsh reality that feeds voraciously extreme pain, violence, atrocities.
A reality full of smells, sounds, colors that are only his own.
Stories of lives that are entangled, they embrace, they tear.
A creature that beats every day without sleep ever.
It 'difficult for a child of Rocinha be able to dream with their eyes closed.
The eyes should be kept open, as much as possible, because falling asleep can be dangerous.
But their big eyes dream however, much more than you can imagine, and especially tell, better than any words, their world.