Papoiera Podcast #4

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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Paranauê, Paraná – Capoeira Song Lyrics, Meaning and English Translation

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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Papoeira Podcast #3

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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An Intro to Mestre Bimba Part 2: The Foundation of Capoeira Regional

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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Papoeira Podcast #2

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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Papoeira Podcast #1

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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