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22nd April 2023
1st Republic, Capoeira places, General, Malandros, Rio de Janeiro

The imprisonment of capoeiras on Ilha Grande

By Myrian Sepúlveda dos Santos and Gabriel da Silva Vidal Cid. Background The history of the Dois Rios Correctional Colony, established in 1894 on the…

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9th February 2023
Biography, General, Literature, Malandros

The Adventures of a Capoeira in the Magical Realm of Cordel Literature

By Lobisomem (Victor Alvim Itahim Garcia). Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, I only had contact with cordel literature, whose birthplace is the Northeast…

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19th August 2021
Brazilian Empire, General, Groups, Malandros, Rio de Janeiro, Society and culture

Capoeira and Politics – Contemporary Capoeira

By Carlos Eugênio Líbano Soares. The party of order and disorder: capoeiras and the political struggle at the imperial court of Rio de Janeiro 1870-1890…

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