Category Archives: Old Malandros

Prata Preta Destaque

By KK Bonates – Luiz Carlos de Matos Bonates On 10 November 1904, a series…

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A Noite Crop

By Antônio Luiz dos Santos Campos (Mestre Boa Alma). Miguel Camisa Preta, a nickname that…

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Sete Coroas

By Rômulo Costa Mattos. The construction of the memory about Sete Coroas, the most famous…

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Leopoldina Destaque

By Nestor Capoeira. The disciple I met Leopoldina in 1965, at the age of 18.…

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Madame Destaque

Madame Satã is a singular character in the capoeira universe of Rio de Janeiro. He…

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Leopoldina Crop

By Nestor Capoeira. Master Quinzinho (approx.1925-1950) was a dreaded and well-known young outcast in his…

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Leopoldina Destaque

By Nestor Capoeira. Mestre Leopoldina, joyous on a parade day at the Rio de Janeiro…

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Satã Destaque

By Geisa Rodrigues. Madame Satan, in the Correio da Manhã, 1972. Source: National Archive. In…

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