Between ubuntu and milonga: the Bantu legacy in Brazil
By Stefania Capone. The Ubuntu philosophy is seen as a model of ethical behaviour by some capoeira groups. Anthropologist Stefania Capone, a specialist in African-based…
Tanure Ojaide: African Battle Traditions of Insult
By Tanure Ojaide. The challenges that exist in capoeira and in Brazilian popular culture fit into a larger African tradition of battles of insults…
Helinä Rautavaara’s Living Collections from Brazil
By Kristina Tohmo. The Helinä Rautavaara Museum was named after the founder, researcher and journalist Helinä Rautavaara (1928-1998). Rautavaara, MA in psychology and a student…
The moring between disappearance and reinvention
By Loran Hoarau and Emmanuel Souffrin. Combat dance, traditional boxing, ancestral game, combat sport, traditional popular game, product of Malagasy civilisation, living heritage, combat art,…