Capoeira: A Brazilian Art Form by Bira Almeida
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.Bira Almeida was born in 1943 in Salvador, Brazil. He is one of ten Mestres approved by Mestre Bimba, Patron of Capoeira, as Mestre Acordeon. Bira Almeida founded the Group Folclorico de Politecnica, which toured Europe as a playwright, lyricist, vocalist, and guitarist, as well as a capoeira instructor. The World Capoeira Association was founded by Almeida, who also served as its first president.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780938190295 |
| ISBN 10 | 0938190296 |
| Title | Capoeira: A Brazilian Art Form |
| Author | Bira Almeida |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Year published | 1993-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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