The ABC of Old Masters of Capoeira

Admitted to the Hospital of Public Servants
12th November 1979

January, 2018

At 91 years, blind due to glaucoma and cataract, hospitalized as a favor in the Hospital of Public Servants of the Town Hall of Salvador since the 12th November, he is the image itself of capoeira in Brazil.
República Esporte, 2nd January 1980

Photo
M Pessoa, M Pastinha and Maria Romélia (wife of the mestre)
M Pastinha

About M Pastinha:

«I always had the hope that capoeira would gain its space, or better, it place, of what mestre Pastinha, when living, already spoke about. Before he died he told that he would die, but only in flesh and not in spirit and capoeira would continue. He told that he spoke to João Pequeno that he would die and that he should take care of it, of capoeira.»
M Boca Rica, 2003
«For me, Pastinha is one of the great characters of Bahian folklife.»
Jorge Amado, 1945
«Mestre Pastinha and his students would put the strap [of caxixi] around the little and the ring finger. He talks about this in his book, and it can be seen on the photographies taken in his Academy.»
Shaffer, 1977

Admitted to the Hospital of Public Servants
12th November 1979