Capoeira Wiki-Word of the Week: Banguela (Update)
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 12:29PM This feature is designed to spark your interest in researching the world of capoeira's vocabulary, history, and philosophy.
Our Capoeira Wiki-Word series invites you to research the word of the week and post your definition(s) and translations. At the end of each week, the entries will be reviewed and then summarized into a translation and a definition of the Capoeira Wiki-Word of the week.
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This week's Capoeira Wiki-Word is:
Banguela
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Update
From Mestre Acordeon's book Capoeira: A Brazilian Art Form...
pgs. 11-12
When the berimbau calls banguela all the knowledge and cunning are reflected in a slow motion of subtle counter-attacks, better performed by those whose spirit surpasses their body through many years of experience. The music is important for the development of a good fighting rhythm, timing, and concentration. Listening to it, the capoeiristas transport themselves to another level of consciousness and expand their perceptions of time, space, and movements.
pg. 54
To the rhythm of banguela, for instance, capoeiristas would be required to slip to the floor in contortions, traps, and evasions.
pg. 117
Mestre Bimba eventually played the rhythm of banguela to cool down the heat of the jogos.