Chico parauê rauêra, Chico paruaê rauá
Chico parauê rauê, rararauê auê rararuê auá, eu falei
Chico parauê rauêra, Chico paruaê rauá
Chico parauê rauê, rararauê auê rararuê auá
Prepare o corpo que o Chico chegou
É nego velho tem história pra contar
Chico quero ver jogar
Eu quero ver jogar, Angola e Regional, eu falei
Chico parauê rauêra, Chico paruaê rauá
Chico parauê rauê, rararauê auê rararuê auá
Mandinga disfarçada em dança
A dança do canavial
Chico quero ver jogar
Eu quero ver jogar, Angola e Regional, eu falei
Chico parauê rauêra, Chico paruaê rauá
Chico parauê rauê, rararauê auê rararuê auá
Chico parauê rauêra, Chico paruaê rauá
Chico parauê rauê, rararauê auê rararuê auá, I said
Chico parauê rauêra, Chico paruaê rauá
Chico parauê rauê, rararauê auê rararuê auá
Prepare the body ’cause Chico arrived
He’s an old man with a history to tell
Chico, I want to see you play
I want to see you play, Angola and Regional, I said
Chico parauê rauêra, Chico paruaê rauá
Chico parauê rauê, rararauê auê rararuê auá
Magic disguised in a dance
A dance of the sugarcanefields
Chico, I want to see you play
I want to see you play, Angola and Regional, I said
Chico parauê rauêra, Chico paruaê rauá
Chico parauê rauê, rararauê auê rararuê auá
Did you know?
Angola
- Angola is the West-Central African nation that serves as the primary ancestral and cultural birthplace of the rhythms, movements, and spiritual roots of capoeira.
- During the transatlantic slave trade, millions of people were forcibly taken from this region to Brazil, bringing with them rich martial traditions like the combat dance N'golo.
- The country's deep historical connection is permanently embedded in the art through Capoeira Angola, the traditional style dedicated to preserving these original roots.
- The name is universally celebrated in the roda through countless traditional songs that invoke Angola as a sacred land of ancestors, memory, and profound longing.
- The primary instrument of the art, the berimbau, is directly tied to Angolan musical heritage, evolving from traditional bow instruments like the mbulumbumba.
- Today, capoeiristas view the nation as a ultimate cultural touchstone, representing the unbreakable bond between African resistance and Brazilian identity.
Capoeira Angola
- Capoeira Angola is the traditional, roots-based style of the art that directly preserves the foundational Afro-Brazilian rituals, movements, and spiritual lineage.
- The discipline is characterized by a slower, highly strategic, and theatrical pace, focusing heavily on trickery, deception, and playing very close to the ground.
- Mestre Pastinha is universally recognized as the great guardian and formalizer of this style, establishing its philosophy and iconic black-and-yellow uniforms in 1941.
- The musical structure is strictly traditional, requiring a full orchestra of three berimbaus, two pandeiros, an atabaque, an agogô, and a reco-reco to guide the game.
- Games emphasize cooperation and deep interaction over aggressive combat, challenging capoeiristas to demonstrate flawless balance, rhythm, and mental sharpness.
- Today, it stands as a global symbol of cultural resistance, keeping the historic rituals, ancestral songs, and defensive philosophy of early capoeiristas alive.
Capoeira Regional
- Capoeira Regional is a modern, fast-paced, and highly combative style of the art created in the 1930s by the legendary Mestre Bimba in Salvador, Bahia.
- The style was designed to rescue capoeira from social marginalization by transforming it into a highly structured, efficient, and respected martial art.
- Mestre Bimba revolutionized the discipline by integrating elements of batuque and gymnastics, creating a faster game played higher off the ground with explosive kicks.
- It introduced systematic training innovations, including the world's first official capoeira academy, standardized combat sequences, and a graduation system using colored scarves.
- The musical structure is traditionally minimalist compared to older styles, using only one berimbau and two pandeiros to drive a clean, aggressive, and rapid rhythm.
- Today, it stands as a monumental milestone that helped legalize the art nationwide, establishing a rigorous training philosophy followed by capoeiristas worldwide.