Cordao de Ouro
Back from Manchester, visiting student university life. It's fascinating to observe a house of ordinary English students living and breathing Brazil, its language, songs and stories through capoeira - even though most people haven't been there.
An important part of capoeira training is to learn the language - you need to know how to sing the songs, understand the Mestres and feel the alma. As Parente, the instructor, told me - How can you learn capoeira (a sport/art/dance) if you don't know its language?
I felt uplifted to see English undergraduates, not famous for their interest in languages, talking comfortably in Portuguese when they could. And captured again by the pedagogy of capoeira.
An important part of capoeira training is to learn the language - you need to know how to sing the songs, understand the Mestres and feel the alma. As Parente, the instructor, told me - How can you learn capoeira (a sport/art/dance) if you don't know its language?
I felt uplifted to see English undergraduates, not famous for their interest in languages, talking comfortably in Portuguese when they could. And captured again by the pedagogy of capoeira.
posted by bev trayner at 8/23/2004 04:49:00 PM
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