Capoeira skyddas av UNESCO

Visste du att den 26 November 2014 fick Capoeira UN kulturarvs status. En representant från UNESCO definierade capoeira som” ett ogreppbart kulturarv” som bidrar till bevarandet av traditioner i Brasilien. Kul tycker vi på MQFSM Stockholm [av_button label=’Wikipedia’ link=’manually,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capoeira’ link_target=’_blank’ color=’silver’ custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’ size=’small’ position=’left’ icon_select=’yes’ icon=’ue81f’ font=’entypo-fontello’ av_uid=’av-56jkp6′] [av_button label=’BBC’ link=’manually,http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30219941′ link_target=’_blank’ color=’silver’ custom_bg=’#444444′ […]

Historic recordings of Mestre Waldemar Rodrigues da Paixão

”…The album ”Mestre Waldemar – Eu Cantei a Capoeira” contains recordings of the great master, performed in 1951 by american researcher Anthony Leeds. It also contains recordings made in 1989, during a roda at Salvador (Bahia, Brazil) which celebrated Mestre Paulo dos Anjos’ birthday. The CD was produced by members of the online community ”Mestre […]

Article from the 1960’s by Mestre Pastinha

”…So in spite of early difficulties, capoeira caught on. Legendary names appeared: invincible fighters, men with flesh impenetrable by knife or bullet, men under contract to the devil, men with charms against the most powerful of enemies, men who could liberate themselves from any kind of a trap…” Read article here