The ABC of Old Masters of Capoeira

M Camisa's event
Circo Voador, Rio de Janeiro
April 1985

October, 2016
Standing:
M Camisa,
M Atenilo,
?,
M Canjiquinha,
M Waldemar,
M Paulo dos Anjos
Squatting:
M João Pequeno and ?
Sitting:
? and Donizete Lemos

M Camisa,
M Atenilo,
M Canjiquinha,
M João Pequeno,
M Waldemar,
M Paulo dos Anjos

With berimbaus:
?,
M Paulo dos Anjos,
M Waldemar.
Sitting or squatting:
M Marrom?,
M Amendoim?,
M Canjiquinha,
M Falcão
Hilton Teimosia Sousa's collection

With berimbaus:
?,
M Canjiquinha,
?,
?,
M Paulo dos Anjos
Pandeiro: Donizete Lemos
M Camisa standing
Playing: M João Pequeno and ?
Hilton Teimosia Sousa's collection

M Canjiquinha and M Falcão
M Camisa's event, 1985

About M Waldemar:

«[..] there [in Pero Vaz] were two special places - Zacarias's Dive and Mr Waldemar's Shed, where the capoeira fights and rooster fights took place, always on weekends. When Mr Joaquim Fiuza [born in 1946] was a young boy, he always went to these two places to have fun, to dance and drink at the Dive and watch the incredible capoeira shows in the Shed. He remembers how the clapped hands for Mr Waldemar and, in chorus, called him "Seven Springs" [there was also another mestre by that name, who had a roda close to Waldemar's] thanks to his fast movements and the ability to play capoeira without dirtying his white clothes, that were used on weekends, as any good capoeirista would.»
Araújo, 2010
«The deceased Traíra was who took care of the roda. I went there, gave my order and went to have a beer. I was made.»
M Waldemar in Abreu, 2003
«In the interview that [Marcel Gautherot] gave me, already mentioned, he comments that «the only thing the groups [including that of M Waldemar?] asked me was rum. They never asked money for being photographed. It was always between friends».»
Segala, 2012

M Camisa's event
Circo Voador, Rio de Janeiro
April 1985