Understanding Capoeira through Brazilian music
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010“You wanna learn about Brazilian history without going through the books, you can just listen to the music and you’ll understand everything…”
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Jogo Aberto 7-14/03/2010
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Jogo Aberto, our school’s next event, will be held from the 7th to the 14th of March at Fingal Head, NSW, Australia. The programme is packed with talks, discussions, documentary screening, and of course heaps of good classes and Rodas. Everyone is welcome! From new beginers to advanced students and teachers.
O Povo Brasileiro / The Brazilian People
Friday, November 27th, 2009[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xz9pfxErQE]
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“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 off spring of the fusion of different matrices behave as one people not holding on to the past. We are open to the future. (Ribeiro; 1995)”
