Figure 5.6 One of the rare pictures showing Mestre Bimba performing the ginga. Courtesy of Jair Moura.
Westernization or folklorization for capoeira. In fact Mestre Pastinha proved subsequently that there was
a further, ‘third model’ for the modernization of capoeira, which provided a further alternative to Bimba’s
project. Yet to a large extent Pastinha’s model was only viable because Bimba had already shown the way.
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