The ABC of Old Masters of Capoeira

M Waldemar at the Fat Monday in Ribeira
Marcel Gautherot's photos
January 1955

December, 2016

Information about the photos

The collection of Marcel Gautherot's capoeira photos at the Fat Monday in Ribeira supposedly made in 1955 consists of at least 11 photos of high quality*.

The photos with the codes 010BARI17235 to 010BARI17245 (a total of 11 photos) were made on Ribeira's seafront, Salvador.

There are more photos of the feast that don't show capoeira. On some photos one can see a hill over the Itapajipe Bay.

* Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS) until now has only published 4 photos of lesser quality, that can be seen below.

9 more photos or parts of photos from the same place we have managed to find in the internet. Probably IMS hasn't scanned them yet. You can see them below.

Among participants we identify M Waldemar, M Gigante, possibly M Zeca do Uruguai and according to M Angoleiro (J. Bamberg) also: Cabrinha, Badá, Alfrêdo-galo, Naval-da-quadrada, Zé-bigode, Canoeiro, Zé-cabêça de lenço, Queixada, Miúdo ou Expedito, M Zacarias e M Daniel-engraxate.

The dating of the photos by IMS is a little problematic. There is no other information about the photos beside the codes starting with 010BARI. The dating by IMS is varying from 1955 to 1958. Velhosmestres.com is proposing that all the photos were made in January 1955.

Location map

Fat Monday in Ribeira, Salvador

M Gigante (berimbau),
M Zeca do Uruguai(?) (berimbau),
? (pandeiro),
? (pandeiro)
Ribeira, Salvador (see the map above)
Marcel Gautherot, 1955
IMS collection, 010BARI17235
Berimbaus: M Gigante and Ivanildo
Pandeiro: ?
Squatting: ?, ?, ?
M Waldemar to the right
Marcel Gautherot, 1955
IMS collection, 010BARI17241
? (pandeiro),
? (berimbau)
M Waldemar (berimbau)
Squatting: Daniel Engraxate?
Ribeira, Salvador (see the map above)
Marcel Gautherot, 1955
IMS collection, 010BARI17240
Berimbaus: ? and M Waldemar
Marcel Gautherot, 1955
IMS collection, 010BARI17238
Playing: ?
Ribeira, Salvador (see the map above)
Marcel Gautherot, 1955
IMS collection, 010BARI17243
Playing: Aureliano (o Lino)? and ?
Ribeira, Salvador (see the map above)
Marcel Gautherot, 1955
IMS collection, 010BARI17244
Playing: ? and ?
Ribeira, Salvador (see the map above)
Marcel Gautherot, 1955
Playing: ? and M Waldemar
Ribeira, Salvador (see the map above)
Marcel Gautherot, 1955
Playing: M Waldemar and ?
Ribeira, Salvador (see the map above)
Marcel Gautherot, 1955
Standing:
M Waldemar and M Zeca do Uruguai(?) (berimbau)
Playing: ?
Ribeira, Salvador (see the map above)
Marcel Gautherot, 1955
Playing: ?
Ribeira, Salvador (see the map above)
Marcel Gautherot, 1955
Standing: ?
Squatting: ? and ?
Ribeira, Salvador (see the map above)
Marcel Gautherot, 1955
Standing: ?
Ribeira, Salvador (see the map above)
Marcel Gautherot, 1955
Standing: ?
Ribeira, Salvador (see the map above)
Marcel Gautherot, 1955
Playing: ?
Ribeira, Salvador (see the map above)
Marcel Gautherot, 1955