Category: mojuba
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Mojubá’s official toques
05 April 2016 Mojubá’s official berimbau toques Angola, São Bento Pequeno, São Bento Grande, Jogo de Dentro, Iúna, Cavalaria, Apanha a laranja, Abaré. For our own roda, 2nd arrangement: Gunga: São Bento Pequeno 2 (aka Angolinha, Angola Dobrada) tsh#tsh# domtss# domtss# dim Médio, opposite of gunga: tsh#tsh# dim dim dom (São Bento grande 2) Viola:…
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Abaré – Mestre Poncianinho
13 March 2016 – Abaré – Mestre Poncianinho In Mestre Ponciano’s album, Guarani, there’s one particular toque that I have been wanting to play along to for quite a while: Abaré. It’s a word in tupi-guarani (one of the native inhabitants of Brazil) and in this context it means ‘friendly people’. This version from music…
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Mestre Marcelo Angola visit to Mojubá
05 Feb 2016 – Mestre Marcelo Angola visit to Mojubá Tonight Mestre Marcelo Angola went to Dance Attic to teach the Friday class. I saw a fair bit of him last year, and his daughter, at various events in London and I always learn new tricks with him. His style is really beautiful and he…
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13th of November 2015 – Mestre Pastinha’s in Memoriam
13 November 2015 – Mestre Pastinha’s in Memoriam Today is the anniversary of Mestre Pastinha’s death, 13/11/1981. A version of a documentary with subtitles has recently been posted on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_90xDdqArz8 (07 Feb 2016, video removed). Here’s the original without subtitles Mestre Pastinha – of Spanish and Bahian origin – consolidated and crystallized Capoeira. He…