In a half-serious tone, several Brazilian social media users have this week claimed that a pop star’s tattooed anus has done more for the country than the current federal government.
The latest iteration of bumgate in Brazil was sparked by a comment made by sertanejo country singer Zé Neto during a recent concert in Mato Grosso state. “We are artists who do not depend on [public funding initiatives], we don’t need to get a tattoo on our assholes to show if we’re all right or not,” he said.
Zé Neto cited the Rouanet Law, a cultural incentive policy consistently...
