The Penha Roda
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. The Penha festival has been celebrated around the Nossa Senhora da Penha church since colonial times. The first chapel was erected on…
The Lavradio Roda
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. Mestre Célio during the interview for the project, in January 2020. Master Célio Gomes began capoeira around 1980 with mestre Poeira…
Central Station Roda
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. Central do Brasil, 1957. Source: IBGE. Capoeira, as many people know, was banned from Rio de Janeiro’s streets in the 1890s, resulting in arrests…
The Roda at Zé Pedro’s
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. Mestre Zé Pedro, in a rare smile, next to Mestre Artur Emídio, in the 1970s, in the academy that they shared…
Roda de Caxias, Exhibition by Maria Buzanowski
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. Capoeira street rodas are documented in Rio de Janeiro since the famous engraving based on a watercolour by Johann Moritz Rugendas,…
Teles Roda
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. The Teles Arch O Arco do Teles (detail from Debret, 1830) The Largo do Paço square and the surrounding area was…