Brazilian Maculele Capoeira Show 2007

Maculelê (Pronounced: mah-koo-leh-LEH) is an Afro Brazilian dance where a number of people gather in a circle called a roda with one or more atabaques positioned at the entrance of the circle. Each person brandishes a pair of long sticks, traditionally made from biriba wood from Brazil. The sticks, called grimas, traditionally measure 24 inches long by 1 and 1/8 inch thick. As the Maculelê rhythm plays on the atabaque, the people in the circle begin rhythmically striking the sticks together. The leader sings, and the people in the circle respond by singing the chorus of the songs. When the leader gives the signal to begin playing Maculelê, two people enter the circle, and to the rhythm of the atabaque, they begin striking their own and each other's sticks together. On the first three beats, they strike their own sticks together, making expressive and athletic dance movements, and on each fourth beat, they strike each other's respective right-hand stick together. This makes for a dance that looks like "mock stick combat". (Also, traditionally in Maculelê, the players wear dried grass skirts).

Capoeira (IPA: [ka.pu.ˈej.ɾɐ]) is a Brazilian fight-dance, game, and martial art created by enslaved Africans during the 17th Century [1] Participants form a roda (circle) and take turns playing instruments, singing, and sparring in pairs in the centre of the circle. The game is marked by fluid acrobatic play, feints, subterfuge, and extensive use of groundwork, as well as sweeps, kicks, and headbutts. Less frequently, elbow-strikes, slaps, punches, and body-throws are used. Technique and strategy are the key elements to playing a good game. Capoeira has one main style, known as "Angola", and Two more recent variations known as "regional", and the less-well defined "contemporânea".

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[tyraj]

Wrong. It's not technically capoeira, you're right, but maculele is an integral part of capoeira. It's just like fighting with boken insn't Aikido itself, but training with Boken is an integral part of practicing Aikido.

[Garettenator]

Its based as a dance. Many people think you should actually fight like that. You incorporate it into standard martial arts. Its like Tae Kwon Do. Some is for show, other is for real combat usage.

[Southernburrito]

Fantastic.

[Anihilist]

I prefer capoeira although this is way more bad ass with knives

[whoho22]

capoeira e esporte de merda, e de macumbeiro tbm!

[Japcat21]

Also advanced Maculele is played with knives, machettes. But only for the very advanced Maculele dances. I don't think they use knives often in the U.S. Bunch of guys dancing, dodging knives might give a bad message to the police.

[Japcat21]

I did a Maculele dance with my friends for a show where i also got my green rope. I think this is funner than Capoeira!

[alejandroaxecapoeira]

eswo no es maculélé se perdieron del tiempo y golpean mal los facaun

[monkeyboyluffy101]

yo this was awesome ill try to learn this style if i have too

[P3t3er]

the beginning in which the sticks were used, thats Maculele, the ending dances are Capoeira TRaditional dances

[phs2Chelsea]

Yeahh

[Lemonade2006]

Exactly, this is Maculele..