The ABC of Old Masters of Capoeira

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Reinaldo Ramos Suassuna
Mestre Suassuna
4/Jul/1938

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M Suassuna and Dirceu, 1975

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01.

Capoeira de São Salvador

3:34

02.

A morte do capoeira

3:47

03.

Areia do mar

3:17

04.

São Bento Grande

3:17

05.

Cavalaria

2:38

06.

Iúna

3:03

07.

Quando eu morre, disse Bezouro

3:22

08.

Luana ê

3:36

09.

Cânticos de capoeira

3:21

10.

Tava lá em casa

3:45

11.

Dente de ouro

2:14

12.

Pisa caboclo

1:36

M Suassuna and Dirceu, 1975
The ABC of M Suassuna

1938 - Was born on the 4th July in Ilhéus, Bahia.
1957/58 - Started to learn capoeira in Itabuna with M Maneca.
1965 - Moved to São Paulo.
1967 - On the 1st September founded his group Cordão de Ouro together with M Brasília.
1972 - M Bimba visited M Suassuna in São Paulo, recognizing his work and presenting him with a certificate.
1974 - Organized the 1º Capoeira Festival of the São Paulo state.
1975 - Recorded his first LP together wtih Dirceu (listen above).
1981 - Took his capoeira to Israel.
1984 - Participated in the big capoeira event in Rio de Janeiro.
1997 - Organized the first O Capoeirando event in Ubatuba in São Paulo, which he later took to Ilhéus.

M Suassuna in a roda, 2014

M Suassuna and M Brasília, 2014

Photo gallery
M Suassuna

At the back: M Joel
Playing: M Suassuna and M Acordeon

Standing:
M Paulo dos Anjos,
M Suassuna,
M João Pequeno,
M Joel
Squatting: ? and M Hulk

M Suassuna, M Acordeon and M Brasília

M Suassuna

M Suassuna

M Suassuna

Standing: M Suassuna,
M Bom Cabrito,
M Moraes,
M Canjiquinha,
M Gato Preto,
M Waldemar,
M Atenilo
Squatting: M Cobra Mansa and M João Pequeno
November, 1984
Circo Voador, Rio de Janeiro

Berimbaus: M Moraes,
M Gato Preto,
M Waldemar
Pandeiro: M Atenilo,
Squatting: M Cobrinha and M João Pequeno de Pastinha (Cobra Mansa)
M Canjiquinha standing in the middle of the bateria
November, 1984
Circo Voador, Rio de Janeiro
M Pezão's collection
M Suassuna

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

SUASSUNA

85
Reinaldo Ramos Suassuna
Mestre Suassuna
4/Jul/1938

The ABC of M Suassuna

M Suassuna in a roda, 2014

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