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		<title>Mestre Suassuna: his biography and take on Capoeira, styles, and today’s groups. Part III.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing the posts on Mestre Suassuna&#8217;s biography, in this third post he shares more of trips to Salvador and the cultural context of that time. He also shares his experience with the beginning of the folkloric groups, Capoeira Angola and Regional, and why he believes Mestres Pastinha and Bimba surpassed the others. This post on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4capoeirathoughts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7980256&amp;post=250&amp;subd=4capoeirathoughts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mestre Suassuna: his biography and take on Capoeira, styles, and today&#8217;s groups. Part II.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second post of the series on Mestre Suassuna&#8217;s life. It approaches his first trips to Salvador, contacts with other Mestres, and early take on Capoeira teaching in Itabuna. These posts on Mestre Suassuna&#8217;s life were translated (by me) from the chapter “Reynaldo Ramos Suassuna. Mestre Suassuna by himself” in Mestre Deputado&#8217;s book [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4capoeirathoughts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7980256&amp;post=241&amp;subd=4capoeirathoughts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mestre Suassuna: his biography and take on Capoeira, styles, and today&#8217;s groups. Part I.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post on Mestre Suassuna&#8217;s life is a translation (made by me) from the chapter “Reynaldo Ramos Suassuna. Mestre Suassuna by himself” in Mestre Deputado&#8217;s book “Menino Quem foi teu Mestre?”(2004). Mestre Suassuna&#8217;s statements can be taken as an example to help us reflect upon the early cultural context of Capoeira in Bahia, the beginning [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4capoeirathoughts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7980256&amp;post=231&amp;subd=4capoeirathoughts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Syria, ‘capoeira’ helps Palestinian-Iraqi children heal psycho-social wounds</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Palestinian children from Iraq learn ‘capoeira’ – an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, music and dance – at al-Tanf refugee camp in Syria. By Magda Qandil AL-TANF CAMP, Syrian Arab Republic, 2 October 2009 – In al-Tanf, a refugee camp set up in the no-man&#8217;s-land near the Syrian-Iraqi border, Palestinian children [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4capoeirathoughts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7980256&amp;post=210&amp;subd=4capoeirathoughts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>O Movimento Novo / A New Movement in Capoeira</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Caption: In a Sunday afternoon in Rio de Janeiro 30 youngster capoeiras gathered themselves to exchange ideas and they got to the following conclusion: Capoeira is a *Bamba&#8217;s thing!) * &#8211; Bamba &#8211; Someone adept at verbal and physical dueling; synonym for capoeira expert. While the majority of the young practitioners are still searching for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4capoeirathoughts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7980256&amp;post=173&amp;subd=4capoeirathoughts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>O Povo Brasileiro / The Brazilian People</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Captions can be turned on using the &#8216;cc&#8217; option, on the far right arrow &#8211; pointing up &#8211; bellow the youtube screen) “We come from the confluence, the cultural shock, the mingling of the Portuguese invader with our native Indians and African natives. We are a syncretic culture a new people who, despite being the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4capoeirathoughts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7980256&amp;post=163&amp;subd=4capoeirathoughts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Day of the Black Consciousness</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the 1960s the Day of the Black Consciousness in Brazil is celebrated on the 20th of November. At this day, in 1695, the last leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares – Zumbi, was executed by the slavish establishment. Palmares was the largest Quilombo in Brazil, composed by several small villages and one main city. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4capoeirathoughts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7980256&amp;post=156&amp;subd=4capoeirathoughts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PhD Research on Capoeira and Social Inclusion Calls for Online Participation of Practitioners</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Capoeristas, This Blog aims to build an online network of social active capoeiras collaborating on issues of education, social inclusion, intercultural learning, and Capoeira philosophy. It is also an attempt to gather collaborators to co-edit an online Journal open to submissions on the above mentioned matters. The 4CapoeiraThoughts Blog is a not-for-profit initiative, set [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4capoeirathoughts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7980256&amp;post=125&amp;subd=4capoeirathoughts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Social Role of Capoeira: An invitation to make local sense of a cultural practice in global spreading.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After writing about the Volta Por Cima and the Brazil Sweden Cultural Exchange projects I received a few e-mails from people interested in this sort of social initiative in Capoeira. These new contacts made me think about the 4 Capoeira Thoughts proposal. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ The Social Role of Capoeira: An Invitation to make local sense of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4capoeirathoughts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7980256&amp;post=107&amp;subd=4capoeirathoughts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Project Learning from Brazilian Culture: A Brief History, Profile and Guidelines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very often I am asked “- What is &#8216;Volta Por Cima&#8217;?”. Most people must be thinking I have started a new group or brand. That is not the case. Mestre Suassuna&#8217;s work inspired many of my endeavours in Capoeira, including the development of the social project Learning From Brazilian Culture. However, this project&#8217;s design reflects [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4capoeirathoughts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7980256&amp;post=97&amp;subd=4capoeirathoughts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Constructional Elements of our School&#8217;s Political and Pedagogic Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This letter was first written on the 17th of September of 2007 in Brasília, a few months before my departure to New Zealand. Despite some achievements, I am still developing the project together with our school&#8217;s students. However, I believe it is time to share these thoughts with a larger number of students and friends. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4capoeirathoughts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7980256&amp;post=78&amp;subd=4capoeirathoughts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mestre Waldemar da Paixão</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“My name is Waldemar Rodrigues da Paixão, I was born in 1916, learnt Capoeira from Siri de Mangue, Canário Pardo, Calabi de Periperi&#8230; I took 4 years learning, in 40 I was teaching on the Pero Vaz [street from Salvador, Bahia]. Then I kept teaching, now I stopped, I only handicraft my berimbaus.” (From Paixão, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4capoeirathoughts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7980256&amp;post=58&amp;subd=4capoeirathoughts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Capoeira and Global Trends</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Capoeira and Global Trends There are some achievements of humanity that I would say have reached a point of no return. Globalization and diversity are two of them. Capoeira, as a driving force for an ever increasing number of multinational practitioners, deeply reflect both phenomenon&#8217;s encompassing their potentialities and pitfalls. This post embraces, amongst other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4capoeirathoughts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7980256&amp;post=52&amp;subd=4capoeirathoughts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Approaching Capoeira Traditions and Philosophy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So far I have been approaching Capoeira traditions and philosophy, and criticizing the ulterior motives underpinning traditionalism (not traditions). In this post I would like to share two important statements in video from two renowned Mestres supporting my line of thoughts so far. The first statement was taken from the documentary movie Capoeiragem na Bahia [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4capoeirathoughts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7980256&amp;post=32&amp;subd=4capoeirathoughts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Capoeira &#8211; Traditionally an Intercultural Practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Capoeira – The Brazilian People&#8217;s Wisdom post received some interesting comments on the role of traditions, as well as the invention of traditions1. A few of our counterparts shared their experience regarding these issues and dropped me some questions. I do not think anyone is in position to point out what is right or wrong [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4capoeirathoughts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7980256&amp;post=28&amp;subd=4capoeirathoughts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Capoeira &#8211; The Brazilian People&#8217;s Wisdom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 23:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first version of this article was written in the 26th of December, 2006 in Brasília, and took chance of an episode with Meste Angoleiro (on the photo), followed with a good chat with him, to discuss some dangers of a traditionalist approach to Capoeira. After meeting some new friends and bouncing back these ideas, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=4capoeirathoughts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7980256&amp;post=1&amp;subd=4capoeirathoughts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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