Capoeira, a Brazilian art form

Arts & Photography

Almeida, Bira

Performing Arts

Sun Wave

<p>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.</p>

Capoeira: A Brazilian Art Form: History, Philosophy, and Practice

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

Blue Snake Books

Capoeira, a Brazilian art form: History, philosophy, and practice

North Atlantic Books

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