The fourth Papoeira Podcast is already on the air! A podcast made by capoeiristas for capoeiristas. Today we bring a jam packed edition of our podcast. As always, while doing our research we come across lots of interesting information, and it pains us to cut out too much! We also opened up a bit of […]
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Possibly the most emblamatic of all Capoeira Songs, Paranauê is a song that every Capoeirista must know. Despite consiting of only one word, when I first heard the song and tried to sing along with the chrous, I was singing “Banana way…”, oops. So what does Paranauê actually mean? As with pretty much all capoeira
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Many of Capoeira’s songs actually originated in popular folklore, songs that were first sung by fishermen, sailors, dock workers and slaves, then later incorpoerated into capoeira. The song Marinhero Só is just one such example! Capoeira grew up around the major ports of Brazil, São Salvador and Rio de Janeiro. For this reason many of
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The third Papoeira podcast is on the air! A podcast made by capoeiristas for capoeiristas. Today is the 20th of November, the Day of Black Consciousness in Brazil, and we want to celebrate itwith you in a very special way. You can’t miss the contents of today’s podcast! History and meaning of music Marinheiro só
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The Capoeira Antigua that Mestre Bimba learned from Mestre Bentinho was a folkloric capoeira that had lost much of its effectiveness in combat. At that time capoeira was heavily persecuted, considered a practice of criminals and rogues. Capoeira was not formerly taught, it was just played in the street, and people would learn in the
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OK, so presuming that you’ve already finished part 1 and part 2 of the process, you should have your shiny new biriba and cabaça. The hard work is nearly over – but not quite… You still need to make the arame (the metal cord). Sourcing the Arame Traditional stringed instruments such as the berimbau used
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Our second Papoeira, the podcast made by capoeiristas for capoeiristas, is on the air! In this episode we bring you: The meanings and history behind one of the most famous capoeira songs – Paranauê An introduction to Mestre Waldemar, a great mestre of paramount importance in the history of capoeira An Interview with Mestre Amen
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The first Papoeira is on air, a podcast made by capoeiristas for capoeiristas. To complement and enrich the content of our website, from now on we will publish fortnightly podcasts in which you can listen to information about the world of capoeira, curiosities, stories, songs and interviews with grandes mestres and references in the world
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Mestre Primo Renato Scarpellini, better known as Mestre Primo, began his Capoeira journey at just 5 years of age. His journey began by chance, but he developed a true passion for the art, which led him to research deep into the history of Capoeira, and later to travel the world. He now lives in Italy,
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At the basic level, the size of the cabaça determines whether the berimbau will be a viola, medio or gunga. Viola The Viola is the smallest of the 3, and therefore has the highest pitch. Generally, they pair better with a stiffer verga (translate that to portuguese at your peril!). The viola is usually the
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