The ABC of Old Masters of Capoeira

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Manoel dos Reis Machado
Mestre Bimba
23/Nov/1899 - 5/Feb/1974

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📻 Velhos Mestres

M Bimba, 1940 (01-04), 1969 (05-11) and X (12-20)

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01.

A iúna é mandingueira

5:55

02.

Valha-me Nossa Senhora

5:50

03.

Perto de mim tem um vizinho

6:03

04.

Menina vamo no mato

6:00

05.

Bimba sobre berimbau

0:49

06.

O hino da capoeira

1:41

07.

São Bento Grande da Regional

2:33

08.

Valha-me Nossa Senhora

3:00

09.

Mestre Bimba e Jair Moura

1:01

10.

Menino quem foi seu mestre

1:59

11.

Samba de roda

3:08

12.

Quero ver bolar

2:09

13.

Flor da mangueira

2:23

14.

Lembra do barro vermelho

2:10

15.

Ê canoeiro

1:52

16.

Sabiá cantou

2:00

17.

Sereia

2:09

18.

O trem corre

1:59

19.

Fogo na Sabia

2:03

20.

Lê lê ô a turma de Bimba chegou

1:36

M Bimba, 1940 (01-04), 1969 (05-11) and X (12-20)
The ABC of M Bimba

1899 - Was born in the neighborhood of Engenho Velho, Salvador, Bahia on 23rd November, son of Luiz Cândido Machado and Maria Martinha do Bonfim.
1911 - Started to learn capoeira with an african Bentinho, captain of Cia. de Navegação Bahiana.
1913 - Enrolled in the candomblé of senhor Vidal, a shrine of the Ketu nation, that operated in theEngenho Velho de Brotas.
1918 - Created capoeira Regional.
1919 - Became an ogã.
1928 - Gave a show to Juracy Magalhães, the governor of Bahia.
1932 - Founded Academia-escola de Cultura Regional, in Engenho de Brotas in Salvador, Bahia.
1936 - Started to challenge other fighters to the ring called Odeon on Praça da Sé.
1937 - Registered his academy on 9th June.
1940 - Was recorded by Lorenzo Turner (listen above).
1942 - Opened his second academy in Terreiro de Jesus on Rua das Laranjeiras.
1952 - In June gave a show to Getúlio Vargas, the president of Brazil.
1954 - Participated in the recording of the Vadiação film.
1969 - Participated in the film Dança de Guerra and in the recording of its LP (listen above).
1973 - Moved to Goiânia.
1974 - Died in Goiânia on 5th February.

The photo gallery
M Bimba

M Bimba

M Vermelho 27, M Bimba, M Pastinha, M Zoião

M Bimba and ?

M Bimba and women

M Bimba's group
Recording of Vadiação
1954

M Bimba's group
Recording of Vadiação
1954

M Bimba's group
Recording of Vadiação
1954

M Bimba
Recording of Vadiação
1954

M Bimba (squatting) and the president Vargas
1953

M Bimba and Getulio Vargas

The cover of the LP

The back-cover of the LP

M Itapoan and M Bimba

M Bimba, M Gigante (berimbau), M Osvaldo and others

M Bimba to the right

M Bimba (berimbau) and students

M Bimba and the graduation

M Bimba

M Bimba in the middle

M Bimba playing
1957

M Bimba and students

M Bimba playing

M Bimba playing

M Bimba playing an atabaque

M Bimba playing

M Bimba

M Bimba (squatting) and students

M Bimba to the left, M Paraná (berimbau)

M Bimba

M Bimba and Charlie Byrd

M Bimba teaching

M Bimba

M Bimba having a beer

M Bimba in the newspaper

M Bimba

M Bimba in Goiânia

M Bimba in Goiânia

M Bimba in Goiânia

The death of M Bimba

The death of M Bimba

A berimbau of M Bimba
M Bimba

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