Complete documentary (INA.fr) -

Complete documentary (INA.fr) -

Complete documentary (INA.fr) - "Voyage sans passeport" recorded on 09.01.1960. Roda of Capoeira scene on the beach with Mestre Waldemar de Paixão, Caiçara, Bugalho and Traíra.

Full video here: https://fb.watch/iXr02EXm_s/

00:25 The painter Mario Cravo drawing a work

01:40 Cesto, called "Capo" which, according to the historian/professor Carlos Eugenio would be an explanation of the origin of the name Capo-eira (see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= l8bMLXbBEjY)

02:47 Roda de Capoeira on the beach (sound scene recorded in 1955 by Simone Dreyfus Gamelon. Full recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYtlf1gOyxM

Presentation:

Discovery of the North Atlantic coast of Brazil from the lively and authentic port of Salvador de Bahia passing through the paradisiacal beaches of the Pernambuco region where capoeira dancers compete, navigate the "jangada" rafts, to end in the region of Fortaleza and attend a scene of traditional collective fishing, with a net from the beach, to the rhythm of a traditional song.

Producer/co-producer: French Television Broadcasting

Credits/Director: Solange Peter

Voice: Irène Chagneau

The episodes of Voyages sans passeport present views accompanied by music from records and a commentary based on notes sent by the traveling cameraman; the director remained in Paris. The music that accompanies capoeira was recorded by Simone Dreyfus in 1955 in master Waldemar's barracão. This master appears in the shots. During the song which serves as the musical background to the sequence, the two capoeiristas normally remain squatting at the foot of the berimbau in the position in which they are seen at the very beginning.

During the 1950s, Waldemar da Paixão's reputation "equaled that of master Bimba", wrote Waldeloir Rego in Capoeira Angola (1968). Born in 1916 on the island of Marê, he built his barracão in the land of Corta-Braço that people cleared without authorization in 1938 to live there in mud and straw houses. The barracão de Waldemar is a large straw hut without walls. He teaches capoeira there; anyone who feels able can come and play. Waldemar preferred slow games, but did not impose his views on his guests. He is also famous for his singing. He proudly claimed his musical innovations: the idea of cutting off the lower tip of the berimbau so that it looks less like a weapon, the extension of the song preceding the game.

Source: Pol Briand (https://fresques.ina.fr/danses-sans-visa/fiche-media/Dasavi00303/bahia-capoeira-sur-la-plage.html).

Learn more about Simone Dreyfus and her recordings here: https://www.capoeirashop.fr/en/blog/index-of-capoeira-recordings-by-simone-dreyfus-n31

Photo: https://esquiva.wordpress.com/mestres/mestre-bugalho/

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