“Eu sou angoleiro, angoleiro eu sei que eu sou”: identificações e trajetórias na capoeira angola em Goiânia

Abstract

Capoeira, as a body practice of African origin who had great contribution in the process of resistance to slavery, took on various meanings throughout history, from local needs and contexts. The main differences were explicit from the creation and recreation of Capoeira Angola and Regional during the 1930s, having seen that the two practices were constructed in opposition to one another. Thus, we seek to know the trajectories of some “angoleiros” and “angoleiras” in Goiânia, as well as understand the identifications of Capoeira Angola in this city. For this, we undertook fieldwork in three groups and interviews with members of the five groups in the city who identify with this aspect. Initially we differentiate between Capoeira Angola and Capoeira Regional, then we present the trajectories of “angoleiros” with emphasis on the pathways of the masters. We also held a debate on female’s in capoeira and women’s movements and existing. Finally, we debriefed the concepts of identity and identifications from the local reality. We believe there are two strains of Capoeira Angola that have differences from the ancestral form of references to understand and practice capoeira. Keywords: Capoeira,