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…
The imprisonment of capoeiras on Ilha Grande
By Myrian Sepúlveda dos Santos and Gabriel da Silva Vidal Cid. Background The history of…
Helinä Rautavaara’s Living Collections from Brazil
By Kristina Tohmo. The Helinä Rautavaara Museum was named after the founder, researcher and journalist…
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…
Mestre Cosmo and his legacy to Piracicaba capoeira
By Letícia Vidor de Sousa Reis. Contemporary capoeira in Piracicaba has as its main representative…
The Penha Roda
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. The Penha festival has been celebrated around the Nossa Senhora da…
The moring between disappearance and reinvention
By Loran Hoarau and Emmanuel Souffrin. Combat dance, traditional boxing, ancestral game, combat sport, traditional…
The Edison Carneiro Folklore Museum
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. The Edison Carneiro Folklore Museum is part of the National Folklore…
“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…
Classic sources of capoeira history: Plácido de Abreu, 1886
The Portuguese writer and poet Plácido de Abreu published the novel Os capoeiras in 1886.…