Mestre Cosmo and his legacy to Piracicaba capoeira
By Letícia Vidor de Sousa Reis. Contemporary capoeira in Piracicaba has as its main representative…
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 streets of São Paulo in the first decades of the 20th century
By Filipe Amado. Today we know that the history of capoeira is not restricted to…
The Diaspora of Rio de Janeiro’s capoeiras during the First Republic: the case of São Paulo
By Pedro Cunha. When we think of the historical process by which capoeira developed, we…