Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art

Bahia, Henrique 129
Bahian School 20
Baiano Anzol, Mestre 170
balão 131, 157, 209
bamba 209
bambosa 24
Bandeira, Djalma, Mestre 167
Barbosa, Rui 7, 147, 168
barravento 113
Barthes, Roland 7
Barto, Mestre 177
bassula 49, 55, 209
Bastide, Roger 21, 22
Bastos, Augusto 52
bate-coxa 105, 209
bateria 104, 108, 157, 209
batuque 38–3, 44, 66, 77, 78, 81, 97, 105, 128, 134, 155,
209
Bazarelli, Mestre Sylvia 187
Beija-Flor, Mestre 187
Bento, Nozinho (Bentinho) 128
Beribazu group 179–4
berimbau 6–7, 40, 49, 66, 104, 106, 109, 110, 113, 117,
129, 133, 141, 148, 157, 193, 209
Berimbau de Ouro tournament 170
Berlin, Ira 31
Bernardino do Bate Folha 144
Biancardi, Emília 186
Bigodinho, Mestre 159, 161
Bimba, Mestre (Manuel dos Reis Machado) 2, 22, 24, 66,
110, 112, 123, 123–30, 127, 164, 168, 169, 172, 186,
195, 197, 199;
baptism/graduation ceremonies 134–9;
birth/early life 128;
capoeira in the ring 128–4;
challenges/assertions 129–4;
and decriminalization of capoeira 137;
development of style 128–3;
discipline/ascetic lifestyle 142–7;
and group identity 135;
introduction of seqences 132;
and meaning of Regional style 140–9;
and the military 138, 141, 143;
new movements/teaching methods 130–7;
new rituals/constituency 133–44;
and playing of music 133–8, 142;
and ritual 134, 143;
social/political asects 138–3;
specialization course 132–7;

and spread of capoeira 136;

student requirements 132;

success of 139–4, 145;

‘treacherous’ attitude 137;

uniform 135

Bittencourt, Mestre René 184

Black Atlantic 22–8, 28, 190;

Africans, slaves, popular culture 29–8;

combat games 44–54;

and cultural change 31–4;

slave culture in Brazil 36–44

black brotherhoods 41–6, 76

Black Movement 2, 22–5, 100, 156, 183

blocos afro 176, 182

Boa Gente, Mestre 184, 198

Boas, Franz 17

Boca Rica, Mestre 159, 160, 184

Bola Sete, Mestre 159, 184

Bom Jesus 186

Bonfim, Martiniano do 37, 145

Boneco, Mestre 172, 180, 186

Bossa Nova movement 168

Boy Scouts 15

Braga, Fersen 174

Brasília, Mestre 173, 174, 175

brasilidade 16–17, 18

Brazil 2, 3–5

Brazilian Association of Capoeira Angola (ABCA) 184,

201

Brazilian Boxing Confederation 192

Brazilian Boxing Federation 174

Brazilian Capoeira Association (ABRACAP) 179

Brazilian Capoeira Confederation (CBC) 179, 195, 201

Brazilian School Game (JEBs) 195

Brazilian Society of Anthropology and Ethnology 20, 22

Brereton, Bridget 58

brindadeira 209

budo 14, 209

Burguês, Mestre (Antônio Carlos de Menezes) 177

Burlamaqui, Anibal 16–17, 130, 143, 165

burumbumba 113

cabeçada 137, 156, 175

caboclos 155

cabra 11, 42, 209

cacetes 116

caiados 11

Caiçara, Mestre 112, 173

Caldeira, Atalídio 159

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