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 moring between disappearance and reinvention
By Loran Hoarau and Emmanuel Souffrin. Combat dance, traditional boxing, ancestral game, combat sport, traditional popular game, product of Malagasy civilisation, living heritage, combat art,…
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…
Classic sources of capoeira history: The Manuscripts of Mestre Noronha
Unlike many masters of his generation, Daniel Coutinho, better known as Mestre Noronha, could read and write. It was thus possible for him to leave…
The awarding of honorary doctorate degrees to capoeira masters – reasons and significance
By Coletivo CapoeiraGens The awarding of honorary doctorates is a long-standing tradition at universities around the world. What is new is to grant it to…
Capoeira: The “national art” of São Paulo’s ring
By Filipe Amado. Beginning in 1920, there was a significant change in the way capoeira was referred to in the São Paulo newspapers. Following a…