Capoeira: A Brazilian Art Form History, Philosophy, and Practice

Capoeira weaves fighting, music, dance, prayer, and ritual into an urgent strategy by which people live, struggle, celebrate, and survive together. In this book Bira Almeida--or Mestre Acordeon as he is respectfully called in capoeira circles--documents his own tradition with both the panoramic eye of the historian and the passionate heart of the capoeirista. He transports the reader from the damn of New World history in Brazil to the streets of twentieth-century Bahia (the spiritual home of capoeira) to the giant urban centers of North America (wher capoeira is now spreading in new lineages from the old masters). This book is valuable for anyone interested in ethnocultural traditions, martial arts, and music, as well as for those who want to listen to the words of an actual mestre dedicated to preserving his Afro-Brazilian legacy.

ISBN:	9780938190295
Publisher:	North Atlantic Books
Imprint:	Blue Snake Books
Published date:	01 Feb 1993
Language:	English
Number of pages:	192
Weight:	284g
Height:	150mm
Width:	222mm
Spine width:	18mm

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