The ABC of Old Masters of Capoeira

89
Natalício Neves da Silva
Mestre Pelé da Bomba
25/Dec/1934

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M Pelé da Bomba, 2003
The ABC of Pelé da Bomba

1934 - Was born on 25th December in the district of Cipoá in the municipality of Governor Mangabeira, Bahia, son of Cosme Neves and mrs Isaura.
1946 - Started to learn capoeira 12 years old with M Bugalho in the ramp of the old Mercado Modelo.
1958 - Was reknown as mestre.
1959 - Starte to give classes in the Army in the Companhia do QG region.
1964 - In January appears on the photos and in a video of H. Rautavaara of the (Fat Monday) feast in Ribeira.
1966 - Started to give classes in the Firemen Quarters and also in the Military Police.
1981 - Stopped to give classes due to a sickness returning around 20 years later to an invitation of the ABCA.
2003 - Participated in the recording of the CD Lenço de Seda - Antologia de Ladainhas e Corridos (listen above).
2010 - Launched his book O Pelé da capoeira.
M Pelé da Bomba recorded 3 CD-s, 2 DVD-s and is currently the president of the ABCA.

M Pelé da Bomba, Fat Monday of Ribeira, Jan 1964

M Pelé da Bomba, Jan 1964

Photo gallery
M Pelé da Bomba (red berimbau, gold cap, a cigarette in his mouth)
Ribeira, January 1964
H. Rautavaara's collection

M Pelé da Bomba (chapéu amarelo)
Ribeira, January 1964
H. Rautavaara's collection

Stanging:
M Mala,
?,
M Valdec,
M Bom Cabrito,
M Gildo Alfinete,
M Barba Branca,
M Pelé da Bomba,
M Boa Gente,
?,
M Moa do Katendê,
?
Squatting:
?,
?,
M Nó,
M Zé do Lenço,
?,
M Pelé do Tonel
ABCA's collection

At the back:
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
ABCA's collection

M Boa Gente,
M Valdec,
M Pelé da Bomba,
M Gato Preto,
M Barba Branca,
M Mala,
M Gildo Alfinete,
M Moa do Katendê,
M Pelé do Tonel,
M Neco
ABCA's collection

M Gigante,
?,
M Pelé da Bomba,
?,
M Gildo Alfinete,
?,
M Barba Branca,
M Mala,
?
ABCA's collection

The cover of mestre's CD

M Pelé da Bomba,
M Waldomiro Malvadeza,
M Gato Preto,
Genario Lemos Couto,
M Boa Gente,
Augusto Leal,
M João Pequeno,
M Mala,
M Gildo Alfinete,
M Gigante,
M Raimundo Natividade
ABCA's collection

M Pelé da Bomba with a walking stick

M Pelé da Bomba

Mestre's book

M Pelé da Bomba

M Pelé da Bomba

M Pelé da Bomba

M Pelé da Bomba

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M Pelé da Bomba

M Pelé da Bomba

The cover of mestre's new CD
M Pelé da Bomba

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

PELÉ DA BOMBA

89
Natalício Neves da Silva
Mestre Pelé da Bomba
25/Dec/1934

The ABC of Pelé da Bomba

M Pelé da Bomba, Fat Monday of Ribeira, Jan 1964

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