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Capoeira: History, Philosophy, Practice by Bira Almeida (Paperback, 1986)

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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.

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 paramic 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 w spreading in new lineages from the old masters). This book is valuable for anyone interested in ethcultural 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.

Place of Publication
Berkeley, CA
Spine
13mm
Content Note
Pho
Author Biography
Bira Almeida was born in Salvador, Brazil, in 1943. As Mestre Acordeon, he is on of ten mestres certified by Mestre Bimba, Patron of Capoeira. A playwright, songwriter, vocalist, and musician, as well as a teacher of capoeira, Bira Almeida created the Grupo Folclorico de Politecnica which toured Europe. Almeida is founder and first president of the World Capoeira Association.
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Author(s)
Bira Almeida
Date of Publication
01/09/1986
Subject
Boxing & Combat Sports
Edition Statement
2nd Edition
Imprint
North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Genre
Boxing & Combat Sports
Country of Publication
United States

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