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 18th June 1887, the city breathed a sigh of relief.…
In the “hippie era”: the rediscovery of capoeira in Pará in the 1970s
By Luiz Augusto Pinheiro Leal and Fabio Araújo Fernandes. The history of capoeira has for a long time been marred with myths. The most dangerous,…
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…
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 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…
Mestre Cosmo and his legacy to Piracicaba capoeira
By Letícia Vidor de Sousa Reis. Contemporary capoeira in Piracicaba has as its main representative Claudival da Costa, the late Mestre Cosmo, graduated capoeira master…
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 Edison Carneiro Folklore Museum
The Edison Carneiro Folklore Museum, created in 1968, is heir to the movement institutionalized as the “Campaign for the Defense of Brazilian Folklore”. By Matthias…
“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 of August 2022. His legacy and the memory of his…
Classic sources of capoeira history: Plácido de Abreu, 1886
The Portuguese writer and poet Plácido de Abreu published the novel Os capoeiras in 1886. Its introduction entitled “Two Words” represents a fundamental reference for…