Category: capoeira
Ladainha – Brasília
Ladainha – Brasília On the 21st of November 2018’s music class, Mestre Poncianinho spoke about different types of ladainhas: geographical, historical… And our homework was to write a geographical ladainha. Most of it just came out while still in class and then Mestre Poncianinho helped polish it, how to best sing it and also the…
Contra Mestre Marcelo Finco
10 November 2018 Contra Mestre Marcelo Finco (Associação de Capoeira Angola N’golo ia Muanda) is a great cantador, student of Mestre Ananias and currently living in Greece. Marcelo Finco on Facebook Marcelo Finco’s Blog Marcelo Finco SoundCloud Marcelo Finco on YouTube CM Marcelo Finco singing 15 December 2019 Marcelo Finco sang this song at a…
Moa do Katendê’s murder
09 October 2018 Mestre Moa do Katendê, Romualdo Rosário da Costa, 63 years old, was stabbed in the back, 12 times in total, after an argument with Paulo Sérgio Ferreira de Santana, 36, at a bar near his house, on the night of the Presidential (and local) elections in Brazil. It is said that an…
MAIOR É DEUS, GRANDE É JOÃO!
Support ‘Maior é deus grande é João’ João Oliveira dos Santos, Mestre João Grande (Master “Big John”), aged 85, the eldest living active capoeira practitioner in the world, is an icon of the traditional form of capoeira. Considered to be the master of masters by the capoeira community, he is a holder of secular knowledge…
Mestre Jogo De Dentro
Born 1965, student of Mestre João Pequeno de Pastinha. His name was given by his godfather, Mestre João Grande. Founded Semente do Jogo de Angola group in 1990. Mestre Jogo de Dentro – Vols 1, 2, 3 Vol 1 – Capoeira Angola 1. Ritmo 2. Ladainha: Deus do Céu – Louvação 3. Paraná ê 4.…