Music & Songs

Songs of June 2013

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Songs of April 2013 (from Mestre Calango)

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Songs of November 2012 (from CM Primo and others)

  1. Aqui do lado (Vista Boa)
  2. No Mercado Modelo tem Acarajé
  3. Samba lelé bateu na porta
  4. Despedida de amor
  5. Adeus Santo Amaro
  6. Angola Vai
  7. Foi na Beira da praia ouvi Mae d’agua chora

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Songs of 2012 (January-May)

  1. Vai lá (Capoeira Mandinga)
  2. Capoeira Shanghai
  3. Por favor nao maltrate esse nego
  4. Velha Bahia
  5. Viola De Waldemar (Berimbau de Mestre Waldemar)
  6. Oi nega que vende ai
  7. Ave Maria meu Deus (Nunca vi casa nova cair)
  8. Ê mirê mirê
  9. Sobrado de mamae
  10. Jogar Capoeira de Angola
  11. Foi na beira do mar
  12. Oh iê, iê, iê berimbau chamou você
  13. Tudo na vida tem seu momento
  14. Ijexa e a danca do negro

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Wedding song for Rinoceronte and Dalila

Dalila and RInoRinoceronte and Dalila (习枫 Xí Fèng; 杨絮 Yáng Xù) are a very dear couple to Capoeira Mandinga Shanghai. They are a very special pair of individuals, with broad smiles and great sense of humor who bring axé to every training and roda. They are also very committed and hard-working in their purpose of learning capoeira; Dalila had the Highest Training Attendance Rate of the year 2010!

We are specially grateful to them for their help in promoting and explaining capoeira culture to more and more Chinese people. The group has gladly celebrated their love at their wedding ceremony, which has been a really special ocasion to do a capoeira demonstration for all their family and friends. Soneca has prepared a special wedding roda song for them by gathering all the ideas and best wishes from the group Read the rest of this entry »

“No Quintal da Minha Casa” Lyrics

Tava no quintal da minha casa
O menino me chamou pra vadiar
Eu no meu joguinho bem manero
Vou jogando bem ligeiro
Como o berimbau mandar

Coro

Tava no quintal da minha casa
O menino me chamou pra vadiar
Eu no meu joguinho bem manero
Vou jogando bem ligeiro
Como o berimbau mandar

Coro

Sua capoeira é ligeira
A minha é devagar

Coro

Sua capoeira é ligeira
A minha é devagar

Coro

Não jogue com tanta agonia
Por que nesta roda
Aqui não vai dar

Coro

Tava no quintal da minha casa
O menino me chamou pra vadiar
Eu no meu joguinho bem manero
Vou jogando bem ligeiro
Como o berimbau mandar

New songs from Mestre Marcelo (“Trafico de negro“, “Laue (Ser Mestre)”)

Dear all,

Mestre would like to share the following songs with all of us in the coming days. Have a look.

Lyrics | Video: “Trafico de negro“, “Laue (Ser Mestre)

Axe!

New songs (La na Bahia, corre água sem chover; A Navalha; Besouro Mangangá; Cordao De Ouro é Besouro Manganga)

Oi Camaras!

Here the new songs we have been singing recently.

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The new capoeira songs (learnt with Bolacha and CM Espeto)

Capoeira Music: songs, lyrics and instruments

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Berimbau Manual

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Mestre Suassuna playing the berimbau
Magnificent display of how the berimbau is such a cool musical instrument.

1. Introduction

Originally brought to Brazil in the 1500′s by Bantu slaves from Africa and used to accompany the famous dance called capoeira (a sort of a martial art were two fighters are training while berimbau, pandeiro, atabaque and agogo bells play the rhythm).

The berimbau was also a means of communication used by slaves to prevent being understood by their masters and is considered a sacred instrument.

Berimbau Manual

It is consists of… (Read more)

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