• 2015
     VELHOS MESTRES 5! 
    2020



    THE MAIN RESEARCHES AND DISCOVERIES



     About M Pastinha 


    1910 - We located the Montouro slope, where M Pastinha started to live when he got out of the army.  read more 

    1959 - We collected the photos of the great trip to Porto Alegre and made the chronology of the demonstrations during this journey.  read more 

    • M Pastinha in 1959

    M Pastinha in 1959

    1964 - We put together the date, the photos and the audio of Helinä Rautavaara's visit to M Pastinha in 1964.  read more 

    1966 - We collected the photos of even bigger trip to Dakar and made the chronology of the participation of the capoeiristas.  read more 

    We also shared how many historic photos are from the rehearsal before going to Africa.  read more 

    1971 - We corrected earlier studies confirming M Pastinha's removal from his academy.  read more 

    1979 - We showed how M Pastinha reopened his school.  read more 

     About M Besouro 


    1921 - Basing on the stories of the time we designed the map of Besouro's fight against policemen and the escape.  read more 

    1924 - We published the article about Besouro's death.  read more 

    • M Besouro in 1924

    M Besouro in 1924

    We designed the map of how Besouro was taken to the hospital.  read more 

    1925 - We published the death certificate of Besouro.  read more 

     About M Cobrinha Verde 


    1912 - We publised a page from M Pastinha's registry book with M Cobrinha Verde's birth date.  read more 

    • M Cobrinha Verde in 1912

    M Cobrinha Verde in 1912

    1925 - We made the map of M Cobrinha Verde's travels.  read more 

    1963 - We analized the photos of the disc of mestres Traíra, Cobrinha Verde and Gato Preto.  read more 

    1976 - We published the CD of Jim Metzner with the three tracks with M Cobrinha Verde.  read more 

     About M Waldemar 


    1916 - We studied the birth date of the mestre.  read more 

    1948 - We made a great research of M Waldemar's roda in Corta-Braço revealing the date of the photos, the place, the landlord and other details of what happened.  read more 

    • M Waldemar in 1948

    M Waldemar in 1948

    1951 - We designed the map of the road to mestre's hut.  read more 

    1953 - We published Alice Brill's photos from mestre's hut.  read more 

    We also made a great study of the trip to Rio de Janeiro.  read more 

    1954 - We put together and analized Marcel Gautherot's photos from M Waldemar's rodas. We revealed some participants and the places.  read more 

    1955 - We put together Marcel Gautherot's photos of Ribeira's Fat Monday.  read more 

    These photos later helped to make another great research about M Zeca do Uruguai and of the Lower City capoeira.  read more 

    Analizing Pierre Verger's photos we made the plan of mestre's hut.  read more 

    • M Waldemar in 1955

    M Waldemar in 1955

    In another study we put together the photos of the roda in Mário Cravo's place.  read more 

    1964 - We published Helinä Rautavaara's recording from the hut.  read more 

    1987 - We transcribed a part of the interview of M Waldemar to M Negoativo.  read more 

    1989 - We put together the photos of the anniversary of mestres Paulo dos Anjos and Itapoan with M Waldemar's participation.  read more 

     About M Gato Preto 

    1942 - We designed a map of how M Gato Preto moved to Santo Amaro.  read more 

    1963 - We published the recording Helinä Rautavaara made in M Gato Preto's academy. We analized the photos of that day.  read more 

    • M Gato Preto in 1963

    M Gato Preto in 1963

    1974 - We showed how M Gato Preto visited São Paulo for the first time.  read more 

    1976 - We put together the photos of the demonstration in Washington, USA.  read more 

    1980-s - We collected the photos of the roda on the beach side of Salvador.  read more 

    1998 - We collected the photos of the event in Curitiba.  read more 

    1999 - We collected the photos of ABCA's millennium roda in Salvador.  read more 

    2000 - We collected the photos of the batizado in Brasília.  read more 

     Extra 

    1937 - We studied the II Afro-Brazilian Congress in Salvador.  read more 

    Market ramp - we made a great study of capoeira photos made on the market ramp.  read more 

    • The market ramp

    The market ramp

    M Onça Preta - we were the first to made the great ABC of the mestre.  read more 

    M Querido de Deus - we made the ABC of the mestre.  read more 

    M Barbosa - we put together the information about his life.  read more 

    M Zeca do Uruguai - we put together the information about his life and the influence to Salvador's capoeira.  read more 

    • M Zeca do Uruguai in 1955

    M Zeca do Uruguai in 1955

    2016 - We visited Maracangalha and made a little study about it.  read more 


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