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It's common for interviews in capoeira magazines to ask if the interviewee frequents Street Rodas. The funniest thing is that the response, without thinking twice, is unanimous: "Of course… all the time… in every city that I visit I always participate in street rodas…" I ask: are they talking about "street rodas" or "rodas in the street"? There exists a (not so) subtle difference between these two things. |
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Whoever passes through tourist areas such as the Mercado Modelo or the Terreiro de Jesus is used to seeing the capoeira rodas that form daily, attracting the tourists' attention and monetary contributions. Few people, however, have the opportunity to get to know these artists, for whom August 3rd is reserved for the celebration of Capoeirista Day. In their majority, they are simple people who ended up making their hobby into a profession. Some are lucky enough to travel outside Brazil and build their careers, but the majority really struggles to win their daily bread. |
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Mestre Pastinha used to say that "the best defense is not to involve oneself in conflicts," with which I fully agree. I know various people, including renowned capoeiristas, who in spite of their advanced age always lived in peace without ever having utilized capoeira as a fight and without ever having suffered an attack, which they are proud of. |
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Mestre Moraes distinguished between spirituality and religion: spirituality involves matters of the spirit, core beliefs/values, and ancestrality. Religion is the "team you're on," the category you put yourself into. Capoeira is spiritual, but not religious. It involves your spirit, it has its own philosophy and ancestrality, but it is not tied to any particular religion. In capoeira, your spirituality (regardless of your religion) is African, because the art's ancestrality and philosophy are African. |
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