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April Themes

3/31/2018

Kids' Themes

Theme: Respect
Moves: Partner work/Playing in the roda
Song: (See Below)

Adult Training Theme

Fundamentals and roda etiquettes

Songs of the Month:

Meu camarada venha ver a brincadeira
Nego planta bananeira fica de perna pro ar
Ouvi falar que essa luta é brasileira
Que se chama capoeira, eu também quero brincar
Manda lecô
Cajuê
Manda loiá
Cajuê

Você precisa conhecer a cabra preta
Você precisa conhecer o Domingão
Você precisa carregar pedra pesada
Nesta cabeça raspada pra deixar de ser ladrão
Mas manda lecô
Cajuê
Manda loiá
Cajuê

Ê manda leco
Cajuê
Ê manda loiá
Cajuê
Mestre Bimba
Cajuê
Mestre Pastinha
Cajuê
Mestre Bimba
Cajuê
O seu Traira
Cajuê
Cobrinha verde
Cajuê
Canjiquinha
Cajuê
Mestre Gigante
Cajuê
Ezequiel
Cajuê
Seu Caiçara
Cajuê
O Seu Nagé
Cajuê
O leco
Cajuê

My friend come see this game
The guy does a bananeira and stays with his legs in the air
I heard this is a brazilian martial art
that is called capoeira, I want to play too
Manda lecô
Cajuê
Manda loiá
Cajuê

You need to meet the black goat
You need to meet Domingão
You need to carry a heavy stone
On this shaved head to stop being a thief
Mas manda lecô
Cajuê
Manda loiá
Cajuê

(The words "leco" and "loia" do not have literal translations. Some translations show them to meaning "lecture" as in "manda leco" or "i'm going to lecture you" and other translations make them out to just be sounds used for rhyming)

these calls are all references to names of mestres.

Bom Jesus da Lapa, ê
Bom Jesus da Lapa

Bom Jesus da Lapa, ê Bom Jesus da Lapa

Eu nunca fiz inimigo
Sei aonde vou pisar
Eu só peço proteção
Pra maldade afastar

Bom Jesus da Lapa, ê Bom Jesus da Lapa

Eu pedi você ajuda
Para nada me faltar
Pois agora eu lhe agradeço
Bom Jesus da Lapa

Bom Jesus da Lapa, ê Bom Jesus da Lapa

Quem manda no mundo é Deus
E ninguém pode negar
Eu não acredito em Santo
Não carrego patuá

Bom Jesus da Lapa, ê Bom Jesus da Lapa

Abençoe o meu caminho
Por onde eu caminhar
Ilumine a escuridão
Pra eu sempre enxergar

Bom Jesus da Lapa, ê Bom Jesus da Lapa

Good Jesus da Lapa, e
Good Jesus of Lapa

Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bom Jesus da Lapa

I never made an enemy.
I know where I'm going to step
I only ask for protection
For evil to keep away

Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bom Jesus da Lapa

I asked you for help.
No problem for me
For now I thank you
Good Jesus of Lapa

Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bom Jesus da Lapa

Who rules the world is God.
And no one can deny
I do not believe in Santo.
I do not carry patuá

Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bom Jesus da Lapa

Bless my way
Where I Walk
Lighten the darkness
For me to always see

Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bom Jesus da Lapa

Maculele Song of the Month:

Sai sai sai Boa noite meu Senhor
Sai sai sai
Boa noite meu Senhor
Sai sai sai
O meu senhor e delicencia
Sai sai sai
e como vai como passo
Sai sai sai
Boa noite meu senhor
Sai sai sai

Sai sai sai, Good evening, my Lord.
Sai sai sai
Good night my lord
Sai sai sai
My lord and a criminal
Sai sai sai
And how's it going?
Sai sai sai
Good night my lord
Sai sai sai

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Batizado and Troca de Cordas

3/31/2018

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The Batizado is an annual ceremony we have to welcome our new students officially into the group. The term “batizado” originates in capoeira regional (the style of capoeira we play). Mestre Bimba coined the term, however, it is very different now from what the original ceremony once was. For Mestre Bimba, it was simply the first time a new student played with a more advanced student. For us, and the majority of regional styled groups, it has become a large annual event that usually involves visiting groups and multiple mestres. The term is the same, but the ceremony itself is completely different.
During our ceremony the “new” student plays with a graduated student, or mestre, who takes them down to the ground (carefully ;p). This is the “baptism.” It is symbolic of the student starting from the ground up. You may not actually be taken all the way down to the ground, but rather just shown by the advanced student that they have complete control of the game...which they do no matter how sneaky you think you are being...For myself, I was not actually taken down, but rather had a kick marked on my chest. The reason I put new in quotation marks because someone could be training for years before they actually get baptized or they may have just started. One thing to take away from our batizados is that not only is the baptism a symbol of starting from the ground up, but a way for us to show our students that they are part of our community. It is the job of the graduated student to take care of the newer student. The graduated student may do floreios during their games with the beginner, but the real point of the baptism game is to show the new student that they are respected and will be nurtured by their peers to develop into a better capoeirista. The baptism is not there to show that one person is better than the other, it is meant to be inspirational for the beginner, and show them that is a lot to learn and they have people they can trust to help them on their way.
The second part is called the “Troca de Cordas,” literally translated means, “changing of belts.” We recently posted our Minnesota Capoeira Academy Cord Guidelines and Monitora Vespa wrote a really great post about what belts represent. Please check out that blog post for more information on promotions. http://www.mncapoeira.org/blog/archives/01-2018.
As for the ceremony itself, we are changing things up a little bit. We want to make the ceremony our own, and not what we have always done in the past. We want the ceremony to match up more with who we are as a group. We will talk more about this in class… suffice it to say we will be trying to make it so there is less sitting and more playing and more fun for everyone kids and adults alike!!!

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Batizado and Troca de Cordas

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