Capoeira: The “national art” of São Paulo’s ring
By Filipe Amado. Beginning in 1920, there was a significant change in the way capoeira…
Capoeira in the parades of the blocos de embalo
Por Juliana Pereira & Matthias Röhrig Assunção. The blocos de embalo are carnival associations that…
Benguela and Brazil
By Mariana P. Candido. Histories that problematise colonialism Benguela. Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino. The Angolan city…
Capoeira and Politics – Contemporary Capoeira
By Carlos Eugênio Líbano Soares. The party of order and disorder: capoeiras and the political…
Capoeira in the streets of São Paulo in the first decades of the 20th century
By Filipe Amado. Today we know that the history of capoeira is not restricted to…
Festival Galo Já Cantou 2021: Mestre Alexandre Batata wins the prize “History of Capoeira in Rio de Janeiro”
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. The award “History of Capoeira in Rio de Janeiro” was a…
The cockerel has crowed! The history of capoeira in Rio de Janeiro in verse and song
By Matthias Röhrig Assuncão. Capoeira songs – ladainha, quadra, louvação or corrido – have always…
The Diaspora of Rio de Janeiro’s capoeiras during the First Republic: the case of São Paulo
By Pedro Cunha. When we think of the historical process by which capoeira developed, we…
The Lavradio Roda
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. Mestre Célio during the interview for the project, in January 2020.…
The Lapa district, a stronghold of rogues and bohemians
By Juliana Pereira & Matthias Röhrig Assunção. PUSTKOW, Friedrich. View of Santa Thereza. Rio de…