Oct 26 2011
Written by Guilherme Frazao Conduru This article endeavors to trace back and reconstruct the historical development of capoeira and identify decisive moments, turning points after which the roles of capoeira and its practitioners were changed in popular perception and in actual fact. Our investigation must, at the outset, clarify what is meant by capoeira. In …
Oct 26 2011
Capoeira has literally circled the globe. Once practiced by African slaves and their descendants, documented back in the days of the colonial empire, capoeira had become a working-class male pastime during the Old Republic. It emerged as a sport in the 1930s, and was flourishing by the 1960s and 70s, when it attracted young practitioners, …
Oct 26 2011
Written by Marina Lemle Source: Revista de Historia Translation into English by Shayna McHugh Mestres celebrate the recognition of capoeira as a Brazilian cultural inheritance There are mestres on all sides, and each one is a celebrity – not an instant celebrity, but one built over the course of decades of experience and dedication. Honored for their …
Oct 26 2011
Source: Revista de Historia Translation into English by Shayna McHugh Why does capoeira attract more and more people throughout the world? The History Magazine of the National Library opens a discussion on this mystery. We have yet to see a country where capoeira does not have success. It is practiced throughout Europe and the U.S. as …
Oct 26 2011
Source: Revista de Historia Translation into English by Shayna McHugh IPHAN’s Plan for Safeguarding Capoeira proposes measures to improve the situation of mestres and guarantee the continuation of their knowledge. 1) Recognition of the famous knowledge of capoeira mestres by the Ministry of Education We hope that the official recognition of capoeira knowledge as a …
Oct 26 2011
Written by Lorenzo Aldé Source: Revista de Historia Translation into English by Shayna McHugh Capoeira is declared a cultural inheritance of Brazil. In various ways, the art walks together with our country. Fight or game? Dance or sport? Festival, religion, lifestyle. Race and mixing. Roots and globalization. You can choose any point of view; there is …
Oct 26 2011
Translated by Shayna McHugh Source: http://www.capoeira-palmares.fr/lucia_cv.htm Lúcia Querino was born in Salvador, Bahia on May 15, 1955. She has been a student of Mestre Nô since 1971, in the academy Orixás da Bahia in the neighborhood of Massaranduba, where she was the mestre’s first female student. She received the professor corda in 1979 and taught capoeira in Salvador until …
Oct 26 2011
Written by Machado de Assis Translated into English by Shayna McHugh Source: Capoeira-Infos.org I have here in my pocket a remedy against the capoeiristas. I have no doubt that it is a miraculous cure, perhaps even containing the secret to immortality. Now that the city guard has been disbanded, having turned in their rifles yesterday, some …
Oct 26 2011
Homage to capoeira takes a rasteira Carnaval 2008 – Correio da Bahia Newspaper Source: PortalCapoeira Capoeira mestres complain of lack of recognition Excerpts from an article by Flávio Costa, Correio da Bahia newspaper. Source: PortalCapoeira The theme of “capoeira and its culture” got little exposure at Carnaval 2008, which sparked complaints from mestres and practitioners. Despite being …
Oct 26 2011
For Part 1 of this text, click here. Many thanks to Contra-Mestre Perere for making this text available for translation! [Phrases in italics and brackets are my added notes on the translation - Shayna McHugh] It was Besouro himself, my mestre, who gave me my nickname Cobrinha Verde (little green snake) because I was very …
