A Collision of Cultures in the Brazilian Battle Dance - Capoeira Music

Index
pandeiros, 128
paraguayan war, 51, 53, 55, 61–62, 65,
69–70, 81
pastinha, Vicente ferreira: on berimbaus,
133; and Capoeira angola, 114,
125–126, 127, 154, 177, 197n56; and
changing role of music, 162–163;
and distinction between martial art
and game, 136; and drums, 132; and
introduction of capoeira in schools,
116; on malícia, 166; and music as
concealment, 30; performances of,
126; songs about, 156; style of, 165
pedestres, 54
pedro i (king), 21, 22
peels game, 13
pentagrams, 109
pereira, Manoel Henrique, 104
physical education: integration of capoeira
into, 122, 123, 127, 128; and
nazi theories of race, 115
pigafetta, filippo, 32–33, 41
pilar, pedro Murat, 74
pinho, alexandre, 36
pinto, francisco reis de Lima, 36
pires, antônio Liberac, 2, 22, 114
pires, francisco, 38
play: classification of, 27, 29; and game
of life, 61, 170–172; significance of, in
african culture, 4, 29, 61
player in the Market, a (Chamberlain),
0
“‘play’ on dombi plantation” (Valkenburg),
41,
portela, Joaquim José, 36
power: and arch, 102; in capoeira, 30–
35; and hats, 41, 44; of kings, 41, 43;
red as symbol of, 39. See also supernatural
powers
prado, eduardo, 86
praia, Manduca da, 82–83, 99–101, 102
prayers: and Bantu tradition, 128; and
berimbaus, 145, 148, 149; ladainha,
127, 134, 139, 148; and songs, 161;
spiritual elements in, 145–148
programa nacional de Capoeira, 123
public works projects, 8–9
Queirós, nicolãu de, 22
Querino, Manuel, 116, 117, 128, 132
Quissama, 16
race, nazi theories of, 115
racial relationships: in capoeira, 2; and
equality, 153, 155; and new state, 177;
and sociopolitical strife, 178–179;
tensions between white foreigners
and blacks, 23, 24; whites’ attitude
to slaves’ social and cultural activities,
12, 163; whites’ suppression of
african-Brazilian cultural expression,
151, 175
racial “scientific” theories, 111, 176–177
ramos, artur, 2, 116
re-africanization processes, 151
rebellions: and Capoeiras, 20–26; fear
of slave rebellions, 20, 22, 24, 25; rebellion
against oligarchy, 70, 81–82;
slave rebellions in salvador, 24, 119
rebolo, 16,
reco-reco, 128, 132
red, as capoeira color, 38, 39, , 45, 89,
90
redinha, José, 129
Reforma, A, 82
régio, tomas do, 87
rego, Waldeloir, 30–31, 100, 120, 122
reis, João, 119
reis, José elísio dos, 74–75
reis, Letícia, 2, 21, 115
religious ceremonies: in Bahia, 96; and
drums, 35, 145
religious practices, african-Brazilian
religions, 119–120