Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art

weapons 45;
and withcraft 65;
wrestling 45–8, 51, 52, 53, 56, 65
Caiçara, Mestre (Antonio Conceição Moraes) 139–4
congada 42
Conselheiro, Antõnio 12
contra-mestre 158, 180, 183, 186, 210
Cordão de Ouro group 187, 201;
see also M.Suassuna
Cordão de Ouro, Mestre 187
Cordeiro, Mestre 187
corporate perspective 27–29
corrido 157, 210
Corrisco, Mestre 174
cortiços 80, 210
Costa, Nita 161
Coutinho, Daniel 151
Couto Ferraz, Aydano de 147
Covas, Dr Ivaro 118, 149–4
Cravo, Mário 154, 158
creolization 29, 31–4, 36, 42, 54, 63, 79
Criminal Code 9, 10, 20, 89
cufuinha 21, 52–6, 210
culture 25–8;
as authentic 25;
changes in 36–9;
continuity of 36;
language 34;
popular 41–6, 161;
and religion 34, 37, 41–4, 42–6;
rethinking 25–8;
and rites of passage 52
cumaco drum 57
Cunha, Euclides da 12, 16
Curió, Mestre 114, 159, 184

Damião, Mestre (Esdras dos Santos) 172–7, 179
Danadinho, Cláudio 169
dance 41, 47, 51, 53, 65, 72, 77, 105, 110, 113
Dawson, Daniel 184
Decânio, Mestre Angelo 136, 163, 174
dendé 112, 210
Denis, Ferdinand 72
Dentinho, Mestre 170
Department of Press and Propaganda (DIP) 18
desafios 110
Desch-Obi, T.J. 24, 49–6, 61, 63, 83, 111
desequilibrantes 131
desordeiro 116, 118, 210

Dias, Gonçalves 10

Diegues, Carlos 5

Dinho, Mestre (Raimundo dos Santos) 195

Diogo, Livino, Mestre 151, 151

Domingos, Mestre José 159

Dossar, Kenneth 25, 184

Doutor, Mestre 186

Downey, Greg 2, 140, 142, 144, 183

Duarte, Anselmo (film director) 168, 192

Dunham, Katherine 62

Duque-Estrada Teixeira, Joaquim 88

Duro, Edgard 167

ebó 192

Edmundo, Luis 16

Eisenhower, Dwight D. 186

Elísio dos Reis, José 81

emboscada 133, 138

Emídio, Artur, Mestre 167–2, 169, 173

engenho 210

Engenho da Rainha, Celso do, Mestre 167

engolo 24, 51–5

Equiano, Olaudah 46

escravos de ganho (ganhadores) 94, 210

Espinho Remoso, Mestre 159

esquenta banho 132

esquiva 169

Estado Novo dictatorship see Vargas, Getúlio

Estermann, Carlos 50, 52

estribillos 59

ethnic perspective, acculturation concept 21;

assimilation/syncretism 21;

and folklore 20, 21–3;

and Nagô purity vs Bantu hybridity 21–3, 22, 27;

negro inferiority 20–2

Eurípedes, Mestre 177

Eurocentric discourse 23–6;

adaptation/survival 9;

condemnation/eradication of capoeira 8–10;

hideous/barbaric view 10;

in police records 8–9

facões 116

fadista 82

fazendeiro 169

Federação Paulista de Capoeira 175

Federal Council of Physical Education 178

Ferraz, João Baptista Sampaio 89

Ferreira, Augusto Mário 173

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