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.
*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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