Camugerê (or Camujerê) was the name of a large Quilombo that existed in Brazil back in the days of slavery. Quilombos were communities hidden deep in the jungle, settled by the enslaved Africans who had managed to escape from captivity. Portuguese English Camugerê, Como vai, como tá?CamugerêComo vai vosmecê?CamugerêEu vou bem de saúdeCamugerêPra mim é …
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Lyrics and English translation of Tem Areia (no fundo do mar) Capoeira song
Lyrics, English translation and story behind Mestre Boca Rica’s Ladainha “Barata de Idade”
Learn about the different types of song in Capoeira – Know your ladainha from your quadra and your chula from your corrido!
Dona Maria do Camboatá, Ela chega na venda ela manda botar Dona Maria do Camboatá Ela chega na venda e dá salto mortá Who was Dona Maria do Camboatá? Dona Maria do Camboatá is a legendary female capoeirista, who is purported to have been a formidable fighter that lived in Bahía in the early 20th …
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Etymologically the word senzala comes from the bantu language Quimbundo (or Kimbundu) which meant dwelling. Although there is evidence of the occasional use of word in Brazil from the second half of the sixteenth century, it did not begin to be widely used in its current sense until the eighteenth century. A Senzala became the …
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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 …
Authors: Mestre Bolinha and Mestre Suassuna One day, Mestre Bolinha overheard someone say “Caporeira pra extrangeiro é mato“ At this time, capoeira was already practiced outside of Brazil at little, and some foreigners came to Brazil to train, but nowhere near to the extent that it is today. The capoeiristas from outside Brazil stood out, …
The Toques of Mestre Bimba Learning the “toques” of Mestre Bimba is not an easy task – some of them are fairly complicated, and mastering them all will take time. In order to make the process a little easier for anyone out there wanting to learn them, ourselves included, we’ve created this page which contains …
