The ABC of Old Masters of Capoeira

(Horácio de Matos was made prisoner)
30th December, 1930

in: Cobrinha Verde

The Revolution, once it desarmed the backlands, sends the chiefs to be arrested, and Horácio de Matos is made prisoner on 30th December 1930.
Taken to Salvador, he is freed conditionally, because there is no formal charge against him.
Source

About M Cobrinha Verde:

«Rafael I don't know with whom he learned, don't know. I knew him here when he was capoeira mestre. I didn't have much knowledge about him. But later he came here to Pero Vaz [..] He also had his academy in the city. I didn't have integration with him.»
M Waldemar, 1987
«Other great character was Cobrinha Verde, who reappears [around 1976]. It was around this time [1980 in the 1st Seminar of Capoeira and festival of Capoeira rhythms] that we rediscovered Mestre Cobrinha Verde, through Marcelino [..]»
Frede Abreu in Magalhães, 2011
«Besouro and Cobrinha Verde who quarreled in Santo Amaro, were protected by nega da costa. You know who nega da costa is? A black woman was called nega da costa in the old days, in Cachoeira. Traíra was a fighter too. Cobrinha Verde walked around with a cow rib on his belt, a knife with two cutting edges, was called the cow rib.»
M João Grande in Castro 2007

(Horácio de Matos was made prisoner)
30th December, 1930