There are going to be two great Capoeira events in just one weekend at the beginning of March. You are free to decide to travel up to the north in Copenhagen, Denmark, or down to the south in Lyon, France. Both events are realized within a big festival week so if you have the time you should take the opportunity and be there a few days earlier for some great cultural experiences.
EVENT I Dans le cadre du Festival BRASILYON: Cultura & Capoeira 2010. La Rencontre Batizado Gingando Senzala aura lieu les samedi 6 et dimanche 7 mars 2010. Avec Mestre Sorriso et Mestre Paulo Siqueira, ainsi que divers contra-mestres et professeurs. OUVERT À TOUS.
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EVENT II The second big event that we want to inform you about is the northern one in the lovely city of Copenhagenin Denmark. It's the 5th Capoeira Meeting what is a celebration of Afro-Brazilian culture covering a wide range of cultural expressions: Dance, music, percussion visual and physical expression etc.
Offering some great classes in Coco, Jongo, Maculele, Tambor de Crioula, Afro dance, Samba dance, Brazilian rhythms and percussion you can guess that these will be some great rythem days up there. Organized by Dino, Jiló and Sagui will bring a handfull of great mestres together. At the moment these are checked in: M. Camaleao (Filhos de Angola), M. Pantera (Cordao de Ouro) and much more. For further information visit http://www.capoeirameeting.com
Congratulations to the 30 year celebration of Capoeira Angola Pelourinho in Salvador, Brazil. And at the same time all the best and congratulations to Mestre Pedro Moraes who celebrates his 60th anniversary last week.
Um grande abraco e parabens ao grupo Angola Pelourinho de Salvador do Bahia que celbraram seus 30 anos de existencia. Ao mesmo tempo serão festejados os 60 anos de Pedro Moraes Trindade conhecido por Mestre Moraes, fundador do Angola Pelourinho e hoje seu principal representante.
Thanks to TaiNahomiYoan we have just linked to a video of the second Afro Asiatic martial arts night that was held in 2009 as party of the Capoeuropa Summermeeting. We are gathering much more of the older videos and will upload them as soon as possible so that you do not only get the latest videos but also those from the archive back in the 90s and later.
Until then enjoy the party movie from 2009: Dim lights
Big up Big up - there is an event this friday in Berlin that everyone around that area should not miss! Two african bands supported by more then a hand full of brazilian DJs will play to raise some money for Haiti.
The whole night through you will travel through several music genres and massive live tunes to make this planet one world. For further informations visit the website of the location where this fabulous night will be held: http://www.yaam.de