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		<title>Capoeira: When to help others in no longer a choice, but an obligation! 2/2</title>
		<link>http://4capoeirathoughts.com/2010/02/25/capoeira-when-to-help-others-in-no-longer-a-choice-but-an-obligation-22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second part of my interview with Tarek &#8216;Laranja&#8217;, a socially engaged Capoeira teacher from Syria. Tarek&#8217;s newest project &#8216;Bidna Capoeira&#8217; &#8211; “We want Capoeira!” in English &#8211; aims to inspire teachers from around the world to take action in areas of conflict and social difficulties through Capoeira programmes. &#8216;Laranja&#8217; also shares his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capoeira: When to help others in no longer a choice, but an obligation! 1/2</title>
		<link>http://4capoeirathoughts.com/2010/02/18/capoeira-when-to-help-others-in-no-longer-a-choice-but-an-obligation-12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Tarek “Laranja” Alsaleh was the first practitioner to introduce Caopeira in Syria. Different from many enthralled young teachers who chose to &#8216;train just for fun&#8217;, Tarek believes that helping children and youth to find joy in their lives is no longer a choice, but an obligation. He coordinates various different projects utilising Capoeira as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jogo Aberto 7-14/03/2010</title>
		<link>http://4capoeirathoughts.com/2010/01/12/jogo-aberto-7-14032010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Jogo Aberto, our school&#8217;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.

Costs were kept as [...]]]></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 who have [...]]]></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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“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 [...]]]></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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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.
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The Social Role of Capoeira:
 An Invitation to make local sense of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Learning from Brazilian Culture: A Brief History, Profile and Guidelines</title>
		<link>http://4capoeirathoughts.com/2009/10/28/project-learning-from-brazilian-culture-a-brief-history-profile-and-guidelines/</link>
		<comments>http://4capoeirathoughts.com/2009/10/28/project-learning-from-brazilian-culture-a-brief-history-profile-and-guidelines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>4CapoeiraThoughts</dc:creator>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Constructional Elements of our School&#039;s Political and Pedagogic Project</title>
		<link>http://4capoeirathoughts.com/2009/10/23/78/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mestre Waldemar da Paixão</title>
		<link>http://4capoeirathoughts.com/2009/10/17/mestre-waldemar-da-paixao/</link>
		<comments>http://4capoeirathoughts.com/2009/10/17/mestre-waldemar-da-paixao/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
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“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, Waldemar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capoeira and Global Trends</title>
		<link>http://4capoeirathoughts.com/2009/10/17/capoeira-and-global-trends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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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 things, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Approaching Capoeira Traditions and Philosophy</title>
		<link>http://4capoeirathoughts.com/2009/06/02/approaching-capoeira-traditions-and-philosophy/</link>
		<comments>http://4capoeirathoughts.com/2009/06/02/approaching-capoeira-traditions-and-philosophy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
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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 (IRDEB/TVE, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capoeira &#8211; Traditionally an Intercultural Practice</title>
		<link>http://4capoeirathoughts.com/2009/06/02/capoeira-traditionally-an-intercultural-practice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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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 in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capoeira &#8211; The Brazilian People&#039;s Wisdom</title>
		<link>http://4capoeirathoughts.com/2009/05/31/hello-world-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 23:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
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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, [...]]]></description>
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