The ABC of Old Masters of Capoeira

89
Reinaldo Santana
Mestre Bigodinho
13/Sep/1933 - 5/Apr/2011

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📻 Velhos Mestres

M Bigodinho with M Boca Rica, collection Capoeira Viva vol. 5

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01.

Besouro quando morreu abriu a boca e falou

3:49

02.

Carcará

3:02

03.

É lampada, é lamparina, é lampada, é Lampião

4:28

04.

Olha lá, Siri de Mangue - Ai Deus, ai mundo!

2:59

05.

Doutor não mexa com a lua

3:11

M Bigodinho with M Boca Rica
ABC of M Bigodinho

1933 - Was born on 13th September in Acupe.
1950 - Moved to Cabula in Salvador and started to learn capoeira with M Waldemar Rodrigues da Paixão.
1960 - Became a teacher of capoeira Angola, taught his Grupo Resistência in Lapinha.
1968 - Was recognized as a mestre.
1970-s - Left capoeira due to the repression it suffered.
1997 - Returned to capoeira, for the satisfaction of all the admire this noble art.
2000 - Recorded the CD called Capoeira Angola with M Boca Rica.
2002 - Participated with M Boca Rica in a documentary directed by Paulo "Gabiru" Siqueira.
2011 - Died on 5th April.

M Bigodinho singing

M Bigodinho

The photo gallery
M Bigodinho

M Bigodinho

M Bigodinho and M Boca Rica

M Bigodinho and Amarelo

M Bigodinho and M Zequinha

M Bigodinho, ? and M Felipe

M Bigodinho, M Gildo Alfinete, M Pelé da Bomba, M Curió, M Bica Rica, M Moa do Katendê, M Bom Cabrito, M Mala, M Boa Gente

Behind: M Mala, M Gildo Alfinete, M Bom Cabrito, M Pelé da Bomba
In front: M Moa do Katendê, M Boca Rica, M Curió, M Bigodinho, M Boa Gente

The cover of the CD of Mestres Boca Rica and Bigodinho
M Bigodinho

About the Old Masters:

«[Besouro's] first contact with the world of capoeira took place with an old african called Alípio, who was a captive in the Pantaleão Mill. When planting sugarcane, the student heard and learned from the old man the teachings of capoeira. Uncle Alípio was a Babalawo [candomblé priest] and had been a slave when young, a son of a black woman who was brought in a ship from the port of São Jorge da Mina in Dahomey [Benin].»
Abib, 2009
«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
«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
«The deceased Traíra was who took care of the roda. I went there, gave my order and went to have a beer. I was made.»
M Waldemar in Abreu, 2003
«That time there was a group [in São Braz]: it was me, Messias [M Messias, born in 1929], Zinho, Genesio, Lao, Tomazinho, Jaime, Chumbinho [..] So we had this group of boys who were all 16, 15-16 years old. And we used to get together on Saturdays and Sundays to do this capoeira. And Léo was the mestre.»
M Gato Preto, 1999

BIGODINHO

89
Reinaldo Santana
Mestre Bigodinho
13/Sep/1933 - 5/Apr/2011

ABC of M Bigodinho

M Bigodinho singing

The photo gallery

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