The masters series of this Blog isnt finished yet, although I dont know if I will ever be able to mention all masters who deserve being mentioned. This time I decided to write about one of the most famous Mestres of Capoeira Angola. Mestre Cobra Mansa is known both to Angoleiros and Regionalistas. He is [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Mestres’
January 19, 2009
Mestre Moraes
Now, as we have heard a lot about the old mestres, both dead and alive ones. After these I want to focus on some masters of the younger generations. When Mestre Pastinha, the Velha Guarda and the Joao’s were responsible for Capoeira Angola’s survival, then the younger mestres (and many more) were responsible for Capoeira Angola’s worldwide [...]
December 27, 2008
O Gavião é o Cobra Mansa
Picture source: www.aquelequeenxergalonge.blogspot.com
Eu tenho dois irmãos
Todos dois, chama João
Um joga pelo ar
Outro joga pelo chão
Se um é cobra mansa
Sei que o outro é gavião, camaradinho
This is the third post in the series about Masters of Capoeira Angola. In the last two ones I did mainly write about Masters who already passed away, but are still important for Capoeira [...]
December 3, 2008
Os Velhos Angoleiros
This is the second post in the “Mestre de Capoeira Angola” series on the Angoleiro Blog. While in the first post I concentrated on Mestre Pastinha for the reason that he is the most influential person of modern Capoeira Angola, I did not name all the other Mestres who were his contemporaries and who are [...]
November 13, 2008
O menino quem foi seu Mestre?
Menino, quem foi seu mestre ?
Quem te ensinou a brincar
O teu mestre foi Besouro
Aprendeu com Manganga
Eu aprendi com Pastinha
Quero contigo Brincar
A capoeira de angola
A africano quem mandou
Na capital de Salvador
Foi pastinha que me ensinou
Na roda de capoeira
Reconheço esse valor
(M.Joao Pequeno)
At the 13th November 1981 Vincente Ferreira Pastinha, known to the world as Mestre Pastinha, died [...]
