Tem areia Tem areia No fundo do mar Tem areia Tem areia, Tem areia Tem areia No fundo do mar Tem areia No fundo do mar tem pedra Debaixo da pedra tem areia Onde mora minha mãe Minha mãe linda sereia Tem areia, Tem areia Tem areia No fundo do mar Tem areia No fundo do mar tem pedra Debaixo da pedra tem areia Onde mora Janaina Iemanjá linda sereia Tem areia, Tem areia Tem areia No fundo do mar Tem areia

There’s sand, There’s sand At the bottom of the sea There’s sand There’s sand, There’s sand There’s sand At the bottom of the sea There’s sand At the bottom of the sea there’s rock Under the rock there’s sand Where lives my Mother My beautiful mermaid mother There’s sand, There’s sand There’s sand At the bottom of the sea There’s sand At the bottom of the sea there’s rock Under the rock there’s sand Where lives Janaina Iemanjá beautiful siren There’s sand, There’s sand There’s sand At the bottom of the sea There’s sand

Who is Iemanjá?

Iemanjá is a name that you will here a lot in capoeira songs.

Iemanjá is one of the most important “orixas” from the Afro-Brazilian religions Candomblé and Umbanda.

She can be thought of as the Goddess/Spirit/Queen of the Sea, and is often represented as a mermaid, or a beautiful woman dressed in blue.

She is the patron spirit of fishermen and the shipwrecked, goddess of birth and creation, and the spirit of moonlight.

As a great majority of early capoeiristas were fishermen or sailors, it’s no surprise she features so strongly in the songs and stories of the art.

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