| São Paulo - A Morena do Brasil - Capoeira |
A Morena do Brasil
Rua Rui Barbosa, 354 - Bela Vista
Phone: 55-11-3253-5717
Capoeira
Two pairs of capoeira fighters dominate the stage showing the art brought by the
africans during the epoch of Brazil-Colony, when the slaves were obliged to take care of plantations and farms for the landlords. As a way of
defending themselves, it was created, among the slaves, a kind of fight, disguised as a dance, called “capoeira”.
Today, capoeira is the very symbol of the culture of Bahia and is considered the
unique martial art genuinely brazilian, having as main instruments the “berimbau”, “pandeiro” and “atabaque”. Together they sing rigmaroles,
which honor “orixás” and legendary capoeira fighters. With capoeira, “Maculelê” can also be seen as one of the ways the blacks have found to
tell their history, with choreographies full of acrobatic jumps and a fight with machetes. Usually, this kind of show excites the spectators
due to the sparkling that fly over the stage when the blades touch each other. |
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