City councilor wants to ban the use of caxirola in stadiums.
"With that instrument in hand, a person can do whatever they want, whether it's shaking or assaulting. What intrigues me is how FIFA, which has such strict rules for the safety of stadiums and those who frequent them, allows such an instrument to be distributed and potentially sold in the future"; Arnando Lessa said that the caxirola looks like a knuckle duster; "Imagine during the World Cup, when there will be 50 people who could fight or disagree."
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The caxirola, the official instrument of the 2014 World Cup created by musician Carlinhos Brown, continues to cause controversy a year before the event. In addition to lamenting the protest by Bahia fans, who, dissatisfied with their defeat to rival Vitória last Sunday at Arena Fonte Nova, threw the instrument onto the pitch, councilman Arnando Lessa (PT) said that the caxirola looks like a knuckle duster.
"I don't think what the fans did was right, but it's also contradictory for FIFA to allow free access to such a dangerous instrument, given that the institution prohibits even a bottle of water from leaving bars, which has plastic that is more flexible and thinner than that of a caxirola."
The Workers' Party member fears that fans will use the caxirola as an instrument of aggression. "With that instrument in hand, a person can do whatever they want, whether it's shaking or assaulting. What intrigues me is how FIFA, which has such strict rules for the safety of stadiums and those who frequent them, allows such an instrument to be distributed and potentially sold in the future."
The city councilman is considering introducing a bill to ban the use of the instrument in stadiums. "There were 20 people at Sunday's game. Imagine during the World Cup, when there will be 50, who could fight or disagree."