<![CDATA[CAPOEIRA FÉLAG ÍSLANDS - Blog]]>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:34:33 +0000Weebly<![CDATA[Vem jogar mais eu]]>Wed, 03 Feb 2016 22:51:57 GMThttps://www.capoeiraiceland.com/blog/vem-jogar-mais-eu
Vem jogar mais eu
Vem jogar mais eu mano meu

Vem jogar mais eu
Vem jogar mais eu mano meu
]]><![CDATA[Pisa Caboclo]]>Thu, 28 Jan 2016 10:22:57 GMThttps://www.capoeiraiceland.com/blog/pisa-caboclo
PISA CABOCLO
Pisa caboclo quero ver você pisar
Pisa lá que eu piso cá
Quero ver você pisar
Pisa caboclo quero ver você pisar
Na batido do meu gunga
Quero ver você pisar
Pisa caboclo quero ver você pisar
Pisa lá que eu piso cá
Quero ver você pisar
Pisa caboclo quero ver você pisar
Na batido do meu gunga
Quero ver você pisar
Pisa caboclo quero ver você pisar
]]><![CDATA[É defensa, ataque]]>Thu, 21 Jan 2016 21:57:07 GMThttps://www.capoeiraiceland.com/blog/e-defensa-ataque
Capoeira
É defesa, ataque
A ginga de corpo
E a malandragem
Capoeira

É defesa, ataque
A ginga de corpo
E a malandragem

São francisco nunes
Preto velho meu avô
Ensinou para o meu pai
Mas meu pai não me ensinou
Capoeira

É defesa, ataque
A ginga de corpo
E a malandragem

O maculelê
É dança do pau
Na roda de Capoeira
È no toque do Berimbau
Capoeira

É defesa, ataque
A ginga de corpo
E a malandragem

Eu ja tive em moçambique
Eu ja tive em guinè
Tô voltando de angola
Com o jogo de malè

É defesa, ataque
A ginga de corpo
E a malandragem
​
Se você quiser aprende
Vai ter que praticar
Na roda de Capoeira
E’ gostoso de jogar
]]><![CDATA[Capoeira é beleza]]>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 15:30:27 GMThttps://www.capoeiraiceland.com/blog/capoeira-e-belezaListen to the song interpreted by Mestre Marcelo Caveirinha

Capoeira É Beleza
por Mestre Matias

Capoeira não sai da minha cabeça
Capoeira não sai do coração
Capoeira quem joga e mandingueiro
Capoeira e jogo de irmão

Capoeira
Eee... Beleza
Capoeira
Eee...Tradição
Capoeira
Tem fundamento
Capoeira
E vibração

Capoeira nasceu foi no quilombo
no sofrimento da senzala
O negro cantava ladainha
Enquanto a cana era cortada

Capoeira
Eee... Beleza
Capoeira
Eee...Tradição
Capoeira
Tem fundamento
Capoeira
E vibração

Na roda de capoeira
Pode-se matar ou morrer
Mas também se joga limpo
O que e bonito e pra se ver

Capoeira
Eee... Beleza
Capoeira
Eee...Tradição
Capoeira
Tem fundamento
Capoeira
E vibração

E pra se bom capoeira
Não basta so aptidão
Tem que se jogar com a alma
E cantar com o coração

Capoeira
Eee... Beleza
Capoeira
Eee...Tradição
Capoeira
Tem fundamento
Capoeira
E vibração

Capoeira is Beauty
by Mestre Matias

Capoeira doesn't leave my head
Capoeira doesn't leave my heart
The capoeira player is a mandingueiro*
Capoeira is a game of siblings

Capoeira
Is ...beauty
Capoeira
Is... tradition
Capoeira
Has roots
Capoeira
Is thrilling

Capoeira was born in the quilombo*
From the suffering of the senzala*
The black would sing a litany
While cutting sugar cane

Capoeira
Is ...beauty
Capoeira
Is... tradition
Capoeira
Has roots
Capoeira
Is thrilling

In the capoeira roda
You can kill or die
But you can also play clean
And that is nice to watch

Capoeira
Is ...beauty
Capoeira
Is... tradition
Capoeira
Has roots
Capoeira
Is thrilling

To be a good capoeirista
Aptitude is not enough
You have to play with your soul
And sing with your heart

Capoeira
Is ...beauty
Capoeira
Is... tradition
Capoeira
Has roots
Capoeira
Is thrilling
*Mandingueiro: "refer[ ]s to capoeiristas that are very expressive in their game and know how to embellish their game with beautiful and impressive gestures...When a capoeirista is reffered to as being a “mandingueiro”... [i]t implies that one is experienced and mature with a good sense of humor and yet dangerous and not to be fooled by the appearances..." Read more about Mandinga here: http://mandinga.org/capoeira/mandinga/

*Quilombo: is the name given to cities created by runaway slaves in the impenetrable wilderness. The most famous of these cities is known as Quilombo dos Palmares, which rose in the 1630s and fought off several attacks by the Portuguese and the Dutch. 

"Abandoning the quilombo to evade the enemy by disappearing farther into the forest was a favourite strategy of the palmarinos. There were no fronts or set battle lines, but fluid and sporadic combat over an extensive area. Sabotage, booby traps, attacks against supply lines, and the use of spies in the settlements and plantations nearest Palmares were all regularly applied tactics. Fighting fugitives who lived in quilombos was a very dangerous operation." 
Excerpt from Taylor, Gerard, Capoeira: The Jogo de Angola from Luanda to Cyberspace (2005), pp. 87-88. 

*Senzala: refers to the slave quarters in the plantations.

]]><![CDATA[É De Couro E Madeira Que Faz Tambor]]>Tue, 26 May 2015 11:15:41 GMThttps://www.capoeiraiceland.com/blog/e-de-couro-e-madeira-que-faz-tamborFollow this link to listen to the song :
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lSAo5m2DkI0
É de couro e madeira que faz Tambor

É de couro e madeira que faz Tambor
É de couro e madeira que eu vou tocar

É de couro e madeira que faz Tambor
É de couro e madeira que eu vou tocar

Bate a mão nesse couro menino, 
deixe o Tambor falar

Bate a mão nesse couro menino, 
deixe o Tambor falar

Esse Tambor que é mandinguero, 
veio do Cativeiro pro Nego tocar

Esse Tambor que é mandinguero, 
veio do Cativeiro pro Nego tocar

Veio do Cativerio
pra gente tocar
The drum is made from leather and wood

The drum is made from leather and wood
The drum I'll play is made from leather and wood

The drum is made from leather and wood
The drum I'll play is made from leather and wood


Slap the drum with your hands boy,
Let the drum speak

Slap the drum with your hands boy,
Let the drum speak

This drum that is mandingueiro*,
came from the times of slavery for the blacks to play

This drum that is mandingueiro*,
came from the times of slavery for the blacks to play


Came from the times of slavery
For me to play
]]><![CDATA[É jogo praticado na terra de Săo Salvador]]>Thu, 21 May 2015 11:23:52 GMThttps://www.capoeiraiceland.com/blog/e-jogo-praticado-na-terra-de-sao-salvador
Follow the link to listen to Mestre Suassuna singing this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGcYqbbecz0
É jogo praticado na terra de Săo Salvador
by Mestre Suassuna

Oi meu mano,
O que foi que tu viu la,
Eu vi Capoeira matando,
Tambem vi maculelę, Capoeira

É jogo praticado na terra de Săo Salvador

Sou discipulo que aprende,
Sou mestre que da liçăo,
Na roda de Capoeira,
Nunca dei um golpe em văo, Capoeira

É jogo praticado na terra de Săo Salvador
e capoeira
É jogo praticado na terra de Săo Salvador

Manuel dos Reis Machado,
Ele é fenômenal,
Ele é o Mestre Bimba,
Criador do Regional, Capoeira

É jogo praticado na terra de Săo Salvador

Capoeira é luta nossa,
Da era colonial,
Nasceu foi na Bahia,
Angola e Regional, Capoeira

É jogo praticado na terra de Săo Salvador

No dia que eu amenheço
Danado da minha vida
Planto cana descascada
Com seis dias tá nascida, Capoeira

É jogo praticado na terra de Săo Salvador
Capoeira
É jogo praticado na terra de Săo Salvador
The game practice in the land of San Salvador
by Mestre Suassuna

Hey my friend,
What was it you saw there,
I saw capoeira killing,
Also saw maculele, capoeira

It's the game practiced in the land of San Salvador

I am a disciple that learns
I'm a mestre that instructs
In the capoeira roda
I never gave a blow in vain, capoeira

It's the game practiced in the land of San Salvador
e capoeira
It's the game practiced in the land of San Salvador

Manuel dos Reis Machado,
Is fenomenal,
He is Mestre Bimba
The creator of Regional, capoeira

It's the game practiced in the land of San Salvador

Capoeira is our fight
From the colonia period
It was born in Bahia
Angola and Regional, capoeira

It's the game practiced in the land of San Salvador

The day I wake up
Upset about my life
I plant peeled sugarcane
It sprouts after six days, capoeira

It's the game practiced in the land of San Salvador
e capoeira
It's the game practiced in the land of San Salvador
]]><![CDATA[Cima do Mar]]>Thu, 21 May 2015 11:10:03 GMThttps://www.capoeiraiceland.com/blog/cima-do-mar
Follow this link to listen to Mestre Xuxo singing this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqskdch70rE
Cima do Mar 
by Mestre Xuxo

Por cima do mar eu vou eu vou 
Por cima do mar eu vou chegar 
Por cima do mar eu vou eu vou 
Para o outro lado de la

Por cima do mar eu vou eu vou 
Por cima do mar eu vou chegar 
Por cima do mar eu vou eu vou 
Para o outro lado de la

Dia 2 de fervereiro é dia de iemanja, 
vou fazer minha oferenda
e na canoa eu vou levar

Vou pegar minha canoa
Eu vou pro mar
Com ela vou marejar:
Encima do mar
Vou pular as 7 ondas
Eh laia da minha mae iemanja

Eeee por cima do mar..... 
Por cima do mar eu vou eu vou 
Por cima do mar eu vou chegar 
Por cima do mar eu vou eu vou 
Para o outro lado de la 

Se la no meio do mar 
Minha canoa virar
Vou no fundo do oceano 
Visitar iemanja

Por cima do mar eu vou eu vou 
Por cima do mar eu vou chegar 
Por cima do mar eu vou eu vou 
Para o outro lado de la 
E por cima do mar... 

Eeee por cima do mar..... 
Por cima do mar eu vou eu vou 
Por cima do mar eu vou chegar 
Por cima do mar eu vou eu vou 
Para o outro lado de la

 
At the See
by Mestre Xuxo

I will go I will go to the sea
I will get there by sea 
I will go I will go to the sea
Over to the other side

I will go I will go to the sea
I will get there by sea 
I will go I will go to the sea
Over to the other side

The 2nd of February is the day of Iemanja I will make my offerings
And take them on the canoe

I will take my canoe
I’m going out to see
I will sail with it
On the see
I will jump over the 7 waves
Eh laia of my nother Iemanja

Eee on the see
Chorus




If while on the see
My canoe flips over
I will go to the bottom of the ocean 
To visit Iemanja

Chorus










Eee on the see
Chorus
]]><![CDATA[Pra Iemanjá]]>Thu, 21 May 2015 10:42:24 GMThttps://www.capoeiraiceland.com/blog/pra-iemanja1
Follow this link to listen to Mestre Esquilo singing this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCWCc0PiwRM
Pra Iemanjá 
by Mestre Esquilo

E la laue laua, la laue laue, la la laue laua,
E la laue laua, la laue laue, la la laue laua

Nego subiu a ladeira
Jogou capoeira, tocou Berimbau
No dia 2 de fevereiro
Levou oferenda pra beira do mar
Pra Iemanjá lelê, pra Iemanjá
Pra Iemanjá lelê, pra Iemanjá
E la laue laua, la laue laue, la la laue laua
...Lele, lele laia ...
E la laue laua, la laue laue, la la laue laua

Nego que veio de Angola
Chegou
Que veio de Luanda
Chegou
Que veio de Guiné
Chegou
Nego que a Capoeira
Criou
Não deixou feliz
o feitor
 Não deixou feliz
o feitor
E la laue laua, la laue laue, la la laue laua
E la laue laua, la laue laue, la la laue laua
E la laue laua, la laue laue, la la laue laua
For Yemanja*
by Mestre Esquilo

E la laue laua, la laue laue, la la laue laua,
E la laue laua, la laue laue, la la laue laua

The blackman climbed up the hill
Played capoeira, played berimbau
On the 2nd of February
He brought offerings to the sea shore
For Yemanaja lele, for Yemanja
For Yemanja lele, for Yemanja
E la laue laua, la laue laue, la la laue laua
..Lele, lele laia ...
E la laue laua, la laue laue, la la laue laua

The blackman who came from Angola
arrived
...who came from Luanda
arrived
...who came from Guinea
arrived
The blackman that capoeira
created
...who didn't please
the overseer
...who didn't please 
the overseer
E la laue laua, la laue laue, la la laue laua
E la laue laua, la laue laue, la la laue laua
E la laue laua, la laue laue, la la laue laua

* Yemanjá is a goddess in the African religion of Candomblé. Goddess of sea, sacred mermaid, Yemanjá is the mother of all Orixás. She represents union of homes, communities and nations. She spreads peace through knowledge and love.

 
]]><![CDATA[Vim no balanço do mar]]>Thu, 21 May 2015 10:17:57 GMThttps://www.capoeiraiceland.com/blog/vim-no-balanco-do-mar
Follow this youtube link to hear the song interpreted by Contra Mestre Primo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_KOOdgKTSM
Vim no balanço do mar 
por Mestre Tamanduá

Vim no balanço do mar la de Angola
Vim no balanço do mar la da Guiné
Vim no balanço do mar de Moçambique
Só quem veio sabe como é

Vim no balanço do mar la de Angola
Vim no balanço do mar la da Guiné
Vim no balanço do mar de Moçambique
Só quem veio sabe como é

Vim no navio negreiro
Com uma corrente no pé
Trabalhar como escravo
Na colheita do café

Vim no balanço do mar la de Angola
Vim no balanço do mar la da Guiné
Vim no balanço do mar de Moçambique
Só quem veio sabe como é

Hoje sou negro liberto
A escravidão acabou
Hoje eu sinto saudades
Da terra que la ficou

Vim no balanço do mar la de Angola
Vim no balanço do mar la da Guiné
Vim no balanço do mar de Moçambique
Só quem veio sabe como é

Vim no balanço do mar la de Angola
Vim no balanço do mar la da Guiné
Vim no balanço do mar de Moçambique
Só quem veio sabe como é

Vim no balanço do mar la de Angola
Vim no balanço do mar la da Guiné
Vim no balanço do mar de Moçambique
Só quem veio sabe como é

Só quem veio sabe como é
Só quem veio sabe como é

Só quem veio sabe como é
Só quem veio sabe como é

Só quem veio sabe como é
Só quem veio sabe como é
I came on the rocking seas
by Mestre Tamandua

I came on the rocking seas from Angola
I came on the rocking seas from Guinea
I came on the rocking seas from Mozambique
Only those who came know how that is

I came on the rocking seas from Angola
I came on the rocking seas from Guinea
I came on the rocking seas from Mozambique
Only those who came know how that is

I came on a slave boat
With a chain on my foot
To work as a slave
In the coffee harvest

I came on the rocking seas from Angola
I came on the rocking seas from Guinea
I came on the rocking seas from Mozambique
Only those who came know how that is

Today I'm a free black
Slavery ended
Today I am nostalgic
About the land that stayed behind 

I came on the rocking seas from Angola
I came on the rocking seas from Guinea
I came on the rocking seas from Mozambique
Only those who came know how that is

I came on the rocking seas from Angola
I came on the rocking seas from Guinea
I came on the rocking seas from Mozambique
Only those who came know how that is

I came on the rocking seas from Angola
I came on the rocking seas from Guinea
I came on the rocking seas from Mozambique
Only those who came know how that is

Only those who came know how that is
Only those who came know how that is

Only those who came know how that is
Only those who came know how that is

Only those who came know how that is
Only those who came know how that is
]]><![CDATA[Capoeira For All Of Humanity]]>Thu, 27 Nov 2014 16:43:38 GMThttps://www.capoeiraiceland.com/blog/capoeira-for-all-of-humanity
On 15 July 2008 Capoeira was declared Brazilian cultural heritage. Since then the Brazilian government and local capoeira communities have organised and come together to promote capoeira beyond the national borders of Brazil, as an activity of high importance to humanity at large. This week the success came. On Wednesday 26 November 2014 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) declared capoeira Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity thereby recognising its historical and social importance not only for the people of Brazil, but also for all current practitioners and the millions who could benefit from discovering our powerful art form. 

This classification by the UN organ responsible for protecting and preserving humanity's treasures in essence recognises that Capoeira:
  • "....provides a sense of companionship and identity to an ever-expanding community in Brazil and elsewhere;" 
  • ...is "significan[t]...as a means to resist oppression and discrimination, while promoting dialogue between individuals of different ethnicities, social classes, ages, genders and nationalities and testifying to human creativity;"
  • and that it is important to promote and safeguard "...the cultural and symbolic aspects of the capoeira circle...and ensur[e] the adequate use of the element in school curricula."

This achievement is the result of the relentless efforts of countless capoeira Mestres who have patiently and with devotion imparted knowledge they themselves received from their Mestres, and learned from their socio-economic reality. The work in large measure has been carried out conscientiously and with zealous regard for the roots and history of our art form. All of us who in one way or another are researching, promoting and teaching capoeira should feel enormous pride to be part of this rich community, and no less responsibility to preserve and promote the integrity of capoeira!

Here is a video that was submitted with the application and that in just 10 minutes very eloquently and powerfully explains why capoeira is and has been since its birth an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Below the petition document that made history and attest to the participation of by many Mestres and practitioners.
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