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Capoeira weaves fighting, music, dance, prayer, and ritual into an urgent strategy by which people live, struggle, celebrate, and survive together. In this book Bira Almeida–or Mestre Acordeon as he is respectfully called in capoeira circles–documents his own tradition with both the panoramic eye of the historian and the passionate heart of the capoeirista. He transports the reader from the damn of New World history in Brazil to the streets of twentieth-century Bahia (the spiritual home of capoeira) to the giant urban centers of North America (wher capoeira is now spreading in new lineages from the old masters). This book is valuable for anyone interested in ethnocultural traditions, martial arts, and music, as well as for those who want to listen to the words of an actual mestre dedicated to preserving his Afro-Brazilian legacy.
Publisher : Blue Snake Books
Publication date : February 1, 1993
Edition : 2nd ed.
Language : English
Print length : 192 pages
ISBN-10 : 0938190296
ISBN-13 : 978-0938190295
Item Weight : 10 ounces
Dimensions : 5.87 x 0.57 x 8.75 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #909,203 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #34 in Folk & Regional Dance #85 in Brazilian History #1,719 in Martial Arts (Books)
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