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Capoeira é beleza

6/5/2015

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Listen 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.

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