2015
VELHOS MESTRES 5!
2020
THE MAIN RESEARCHES AND DISCOVERIES
About M Pastinha
1910 - We located the Montouro slope, where M Pastinha started to live when he got out of the army. read more
1959 - We collected the photos of the great trip to Porto Alegre and made the chronology of the demonstrations during this journey. read more
1964 - We put together the date, the photos and the audio of Helinä Rautavaara's visit to M Pastinha in 1964. read more
1966 - We collected the photos of even bigger trip to Dakar and made the chronology of the participation of the capoeiristas. read more
We also shared how many historic photos are from the rehearsal before going to Africa. read more
1971 - We corrected earlier studies confirming M Pastinha's removal from his academy. read more
1979 - We showed how M Pastinha reopened his school. read more
About M Besouro
1921 - Basing on the stories of the time we designed the map of Besouro's fight against policemen and the escape. read more
1924 - We published the article about Besouro's death. read more
We designed the map of how Besouro was taken to the hospital. read more
1925 - We published the death certificate of Besouro. read more
About M Cobrinha Verde
1912 - We publised a page from M Pastinha's registry book with M Cobrinha Verde's birth date. read more
1925 - We made the map of M Cobrinha Verde's travels. read more
1963 - We analized the photos of the disc of mestres Traíra, Cobrinha Verde and Gato Preto. read more
1976 - We published the CD of Jim Metzner with the three tracks with M Cobrinha Verde. read more
About M Waldemar
1916 - We studied the birth date of the mestre. read more
1948 - We made a great research of M Waldemar's roda in Corta-Braço revealing the date of the photos, the place, the landlord and other details of what happened. read more
1951 - We designed the map of the road to mestre's hut. read more
1953 - We published Alice Brill's photos from mestre's hut. read more
We also made a great study of the trip to Rio de Janeiro. read more
1954 - We put together and analized Marcel Gautherot's photos from M Waldemar's rodas. We revealed some participants and the places. read more
1955 - We put together Marcel Gautherot's photos of Ribeira's Fat Monday. read more
These photos later helped to make another great research about M Zeca do Uruguai and of the Lower City capoeira. read more
Analizing Pierre Verger's photos we made the plan of mestre's hut. read more
In another study we put together the photos of the roda in Mário Cravo's place. read more
1964 - We published Helinä Rautavaara's recording from the hut. read more
1987 - We transcribed a part of the interview of M Waldemar to M Negoativo. read more
1989 - We put together the photos of the anniversary of mestres Paulo dos Anjos and Itapoan with M Waldemar's participation. read more
About M Gato Preto
1942 - We designed a map of how M Gato Preto moved to Santo Amaro. read more
1963 - We published the recording Helinä Rautavaara made in M Gato Preto's academy. We analized the photos of that day. read more
1974 - We showed how M Gato Preto visited São Paulo for the first time. read more
1976 - We put together the photos of the demonstration in Washington, USA. read more
1980-s - We collected the photos of the roda on the beach side of Salvador. read more
1998 - We collected the photos of the event in Curitiba. read more
1999 - We collected the photos of ABCA's millennium roda in Salvador. read more
2000 - We collected the photos of the batizado in Brasília. read more
Extra
1937 - We studied the II Afro-Brazilian Congress in Salvador. read more
Market ramp - we made a great study of capoeira photos made on the market ramp. read more
M Onça Preta - we were the first to made the great ABC of the mestre. read more
M Querido de Deus - we made the ABC of the mestre. read more
M Barbosa - we put together the information about his life. read more
M Zeca do Uruguai - we put together the information about his life and the influence to Salvador's capoeira. read more
2016 - We visited Maracangalha and made a little study about it. read more