Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art
Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art
Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art
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Glossary<br />
Abadá 1 Tunics used by Muslim slaves for prayer, 2 Working cloth <strong>of</strong> port workers, 3 <strong>Capoeira</strong> uniform.<br />
Agogô Metal bell, instrument <strong>of</strong> the capoeira orchestra.<br />
Angoleiros Practitioners <strong>of</strong> the traditionalist capoeira, Angola style.<br />
Atabaque Drum used in <strong>Afro</strong>-Brazili<strong>an</strong> religion <strong>an</strong>d entertainment.<br />
Au ‘Cartwheel’, a capoeira movement.<br />
Axe Divine energy in <strong>Afro</strong>Brazili<strong>an</strong> religion.<br />
Balão Acrobatic movement whereby one capoeira player is thrown over the other’s shoulder or head with a<br />
somersault.<br />
Bamba A ‘tough guy’.<br />
Bassula Wrestling practised by fishermen on the northern coast <strong>of</strong> Angola.<br />
Bate-coxa Variation <strong>of</strong> samba duro, where contenders attempt to overthrow each other to the music <strong>of</strong> samba.<br />
Bateria 1 Samba orchestra, 2 <strong>Capoeira</strong> orchestra.<br />
Batuque 1 Colonial, generic denomination for Afric<strong>an</strong> <strong>an</strong>d <strong>Afro</strong>-Brazili<strong>an</strong> drumming <strong>an</strong>d d<strong>an</strong>cing, 2 A<br />
combat game in Bahia, 3 <strong>Afro</strong>-Brazili<strong>an</strong> religion in South Brazil.<br />
Batuque-boi Local vari<strong>an</strong>t <strong>of</strong> the combat game batuque.<br />
Batuqueiro Practioner <strong>of</strong> batuque.<br />
Berimbau Musical bow <strong>of</strong> central Afric<strong>an</strong> origin, key instrument <strong>of</strong> twentieth-century capoeira.<br />
Berra-boi Another term for the berimbau, usually that with the deepest sound (gunga).<br />
Brincadeira Play, <strong>an</strong>d, by extension, the capoeira game.<br />
Budo <strong>The</strong> ensemble <strong>of</strong> modern Jap<strong>an</strong>ese martial arts.<br />
Cabeçada Head butt used in capoeira <strong>an</strong>d other combat games <strong>of</strong> the Black Atl<strong>an</strong>tic.<br />
Cabra 1 A goat, 2 A dark-skinned mulatto, 3 A tough guy.<br />
Calinda Combination <strong>of</strong> stick fighting <strong>an</strong>d d<strong>an</strong>cing in Trinidad.<br />
C<strong>an</strong>domblé 1 <strong>Afro</strong>-Bahi<strong>an</strong>, <strong>an</strong>d, by extension, 2 <strong>Afro</strong>-Brazili<strong>an</strong> religion.<br />
C<strong>an</strong>tiga de sotaque A variation <strong>of</strong> the initial capoeira song (ladainha), for two players, rather th<strong>an</strong> one,<br />
improvising verses alternatively to challenge each other.<br />
C<strong>an</strong>to A street corner, where slaves ‘for hire’ gathered waiting for clients.<br />
C<strong>an</strong>to de entrada. <strong>The</strong> capoeira song that follows immediately the ladainha, also known as reza, chula or<br />
louvação.<br />
Capadócio 1 A vagr<strong>an</strong>t, 2 A capoeira.<br />
<strong>Capoeira</strong> 1 <strong>The</strong> martial art (not italicized in the text), 2 A nineteenth-century term for the practitioner <strong>of</strong><br />
capoeira (italicized in the text).<br />
<strong>Capoeira</strong> Angola since the 1930s denominates the traditional style <strong>of</strong> capoeira as played in Bahia (see<br />
Chapter 6).<br />
<strong>Capoeira</strong>gem A nineteenth-century synonym for capoeira, the martial art.<br />
Capoeirista <strong>The</strong> contemporary term for a capoeira practitioner.<br />
Carioca An inhabit<strong>an</strong>t <strong>of</strong> Rio de J<strong>an</strong>eiro.<br />
Carrapeta Young apprentice capoeira in nineteenth-century Rio de J<strong>an</strong>eiro, synonym for caxinguelê.<br />
Catimbó Magical practice <strong>of</strong> northern Brazil, mainly used for healing.<br />
Caxinguelê Young apprentice capoeira in nineteenth-century Rio de J<strong>an</strong>eiro.<br />
Caxixi A kind <strong>of</strong> rattle made <strong>of</strong> straw filled with be<strong>an</strong>s, part <strong>of</strong> the berimbau.<br />
Chamada ‘Call’, ritual interruption <strong>of</strong> normal game in some capoeira styles.<br />
Chapa de costa Backward kick in capoeira Angola.