A protest song hid 'be quiet' inside 'chalice'Sourced
The title means 'chalice'.
It sounds like 'shut up'.
Brazilian song 'Cálice' used the similarity between the Portuguese words for 'chalice' and 'be quiet' to criticize censorship under military rule. Written in 1973, it was banned and officially released only in 1978; censors noticed the pun.
The wordplay carried
a silenced message.
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