Sailors, Moleques and “Heroes”: Capoeira in Maranhão in the First Republic
By Roberto Pereira. When the gunboat Lamego, of the Brazilian Navy, left São Luís, on…
Helinä Rautavaara’s Living Collections from Brazil
By Kristina Tohmo. The Helinä Rautavaara Museum was named after the founder, researcher and journalist…
Mestre Cosmo and his legacy to Piracicaba capoeira
By Letícia Vidor de Sousa Reis. Contemporary capoeira in Piracicaba has as its main representative…
The Penha Roda
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. The Penha festival has been celebrated around the Nossa Senhora da…
The Edison Carneiro Folklore Museum
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. The Edison Carneiro Folklore Museum is part of the National Folklore…
“The world is a ginga, take it from there to here” – Mestre Mintirinha Obituary
CapoeiraHistory joins in the tributes paid to Mestre Mintinha, who left us on the 7th…
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…