Mestre Leopoldina 1933-2007
On October 17, 2007, Capoeira lost one of it's most esteemed and treasured Mestres - Mestre Leopoldina. He passed away at 4:30pm today in the city of São José dos Campos.
"Nem dinheiro pra gastar
Que é minha companheira
Essa grande amisade,
Dentro do meu coração, camara"
- from "Ganga Zumbi", Mestre Leopoldina
UPDATED 10/18/2007 08:03 AM EST - More news at Portal Capoeira and discussion at the Capoeira.com forum...
A Whole New Look
Happy to say we're back with a whole new look and alot of added stuff all over the site. We've been burning the midnight oil for a few days here to revamp the whole site in order to bring this old horse back to life. We hope you enjoy the new Planet Capoeira and stick around for a long, fulfilling ride into the future of capoeira on the internet with us.
Podcasts Coming Soon
As you can see we're just getting up to speed with the site redesign and all that comes with that. We'll be getting up some podcasts weekly by the end of the month. We're excited to bring you alot of great capoeira audio content soon."
On Capoeira Songs Part II
By Raposa - Capoeiristas fall into two camps when it comes to singing capoeira songs in other languages. The people who are against it say that Portuguese is the traditional language of capoeira songs and we should preserve that tradition. They argue that the individual should change in order to learn capoeira, not change capoeira in order to suit the individual. Those who are in favor of singing in other languages say that capoeira has always evolved to adapt to its environment, and as capoeira spreads to other countries and cultures, non-Brazilian capoeiristas should be able to freely express themselves in their own languages. They argue that Portuguese wasn't the native language of capoeira's African creators, so why should we stick to it as "tradition"?
Capoeira on Current TV
A nice video found over at Current.tv featuring some players from New York City.
