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    Zacarias Boa Morte
     Mestre Zacarias Boa Morte 
    5/Nov/1923 - 3/Nov/2000

    The ABC

    1923 - Was born on the 5th November.

    1942 - Started to learn with M Waldemar in Corta Braço.

    1947 - His son Arival was born on the 26th April.

    1948 - On 11th April appears on Verger's photos in M Waldemar's roda in Corta Braço.

    1953 - João Grande met him in Waldemar's hut*.

    1954 - Participated in the recording of Vadiação of A. Robatto (photos below).

    1955 - Appears on the cover photo of Simone Dreyfus-Roche's LP. Also on one of the photos of João Martins in Mário Cravo's house.

    1984 - Participated in M Camisa's event in Circo Voador, Rio de Janeiro together with mestres João Pequeno and Mucungê.

    1986 - Participated in the GCAP's II Workshop.

    1987 - Participated in the GCAP's III Workshop.

    1997 - Participated in the GCAP's XI Workshop (video below).

    1998 - From 25th to 29th March participated in the III Encontro dos Guardiões da Capoeira Angola da Bahia of ACANNE in Fazenda Grande do Retiro. Listen to the ladainha that he sang there below.

    1999 - M Barba Branca talks about him in an interview**. The Zacarias Boa Morte School on the Peixe Avenue, Nº 153 in Pero Vaz, Salvador was founded on the 19th May.

    2000 - Died on the 3rd November.

    * «I always went to Waldemar's. It got heated. My god! The guys were all snakes there. Evanir, Tatá, Bom Cabelo, Chita, Macário, Sete Molas, Zacarias.»

    M João Grande in Castro, 2007

    ** «Zacarias is the most beautiful thing there is, humble, good to talk to. [..] I'm crazy about doing a tribute to Zacarias, he deserves to be seen playing, on the toes of his feet, the old style.

     source 

    PS We thank Jafé Martins, the director of the Escola Zacarias Boa Morte for information!


    📻 Velhos Mestres

    M Zacarias Boa Morte in 1998
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    • 01.
      Ladainha
      1:16

    M Zacarias Boa Morte in 1998



    Images

    • M Zacarias with 24 years in blue square(?)
      Angelo roda, Corta-Braço
      Pierre Verger, 11/Apr/1948

    • M Zacarias in blue square(?)
      Angelo roda, Corta-Braço
      Pierre Verger, 11/Apr/1948
      Collection: Life

    • M Zacarias in blue square(?)
      Angelo roda, Corta-Braço
      Pierre Verger, 11/Apr/1948

    • M Zacarias in blue square(?)
      M Waldemar in red square
      Angelo roda, Corta-Braço
      Pierre Verger, 11/Apr/1948
      Collection: Life

    • M Zacarias in blue square(?)
      Angelo roda, Corta-Braço
      Pierre Verger, 11/Apr/1948

    • M Zacarias in blue square(?)
      Angelo roda, Corta-Braço
      Pierre Verger, 11/Apr/1948

    • M Zacarias with 24 years in blue square(?)
      Angelo roda, Corta-Braço
      Pierre Verger, 11/Apr/1948

    • ? (pandeiro),
      ? (pandeiro),
      M Waldemar (berimbau),
      ? (berimbau),
      M Zacarias (standing)
      Playing: ? and Homem Mau
      Mário Cravo's place
      1955
      Photo: João Martins
      Collection: Joel Alves Bezerra

    • Standing:
      M Zacarias,
      M Waldemar,
      M Traíra,
      ? (pandeiro)
      LP recorded by S. Dreyfus
      1955

    • M Zacarias,
      M Traíra,
      M Waldemar
      Vadiação, 1954

    • M Zacarias,
      M Traíra,
      M Waldemar
      Playing: M Curió velho and Nagé?
      Vadiação, 1954

    • M Zacarias,
      M Traíra,
      M Waldemar
      Playing: M Curió velho e Nagé?
      Vadiação, 1954

    • M Zacarias,
      M Traíra,
      M Waldemar
      Vadiação, 1954

    • M Zacarias,
      M Traíra,
      M Waldemar
      Playing: M Curió velho and Nagé?
      Vadiação, 1954

    • M Zacarias,
      M Traíra,
      M Waldemar
      Playing: M Curió velho and Nagé?
      Vadiação, 1954

    • M Camisa (with the red chord in his hand)
      M Zacarias (berimbau,
      M Mucungê (berimbau)
      Playing: M Falcão? and ?
      198?, Circo Voador

    • ? (berimbau),
      M Mucungê (berimbau),
      ? (berimbau)
      Playing: M Camisa and M Zacarias
      1984, Circo Voador

    • ? (berimbau),
      M Mucungê (berimbau),
      ? (berimbau)
      Playing: M Camisa and M João Pequeno
      1984, Circo Voador

    • M João Pequeno,
      M Camisa,
      M Mucungê,
      M Zacarias
      1984, Circo Voador

    • João Walter and M Zacarias
      III Oficina GCAP
      1986

    • M Gerson Quadrado,
      M Mala,
      M Caiçara's son (with M Caiçara's photo in his hand),
      M Paulo dos Anjos,
      M Papo Amarelo,
      M Zacarias,
      M Barba Branca,
      M Fernando,
      M Bola Sete
      III Encontro dos Guardiões da Capoeira Angola da Bahia of ACANNE
      Fazenda Grande do Retiro, 1998

    • M Zacarias in the middle

    • M João Grande,
      M Waldemar,
      M Zacarias

    • M Zacarias,
      M João Grande,
      M Gildo Alfinete,
      M João Pequeno
      Collection: M Mão Branca

    • M Bola Sete (white suit),
      M Zacarias
      Collection: M Bola Sete

    • M Bobó,
      M Eziqiuel,
      M João Pequeno,
      M João Grande,
      M Brandão,
      M Waldemar,
      M Zacarias
      GCAP's II Workshop
      1986
      M Walter's collection

    M Zacarias Boa Morte


    M Zacarias and M Moraes, 1997

    M Zacarias Boa Morte


    Escola Zacarias Boa Morte* and mestre's house**

    Escola Zacarias Boa Morte and mestre's house

    * Blue house to the left (Av. Peixe 155)
    ** Green/pink house to the right (Av. Peixe 96 or 98)

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