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Names of Movementsaú: capoeira style cartwheel bananeira: handstand or headstand cabeçada: headbutt chamada: literally to call; ritualized movement across roda chapa de costas: flat footed kick to ones backside chapa de frente: flat footed kick to the front entrar: to enter esquiva: escape movement ginga: basic dance step of capoeira jogar: to play capoeira meia lua de costas: standing crescent kick from ones backside meia lua de frente: standing crescent kick from the front negativa: literally negative; basic defense rabo de raia: stingray tail; low spining kick with hands on the ground rasteira: a sweeping trip; trademark capoeira move role: roll; basic defense tesoura: "scissors" volta ao mundo: "around the world"; circling the roda General Vocabularyangoleiro: a practitioner of the capoeira angola style Bahia: Brazlian state on the eastern coast (see Salvador) beriba: wood for making berimbau berimbau: one-stringed precussion instrument Besouro: a famous capoeirista who had legendary mandinga, a beetle cabaça: gourd resonator of the berimbau capoeirista: one who plays capoeira camará: comrade caxixí: shaker played with the berimbau corridos: call and response songs accompanying action in the circle costas: back (anatomy) esquiva: escape movement [basic movement] fechado: to be closed fechar: to close frente: front gunga: bass berimbau hora: hour; time jogo: game; a game of capoeira; the verb is jogar ladainha: introductory solo of roda or game maculêlê: stick fighting dance malandragem: double-dealing or cunning malandro: crook or streetwise person malícia: deception, trickery, double-dealing mandigueiro: a tricky capoeira player mangangá: sorcerer, healer in the Afro-Brazilian tradition mar: ocean medio: middle pitched berimbau mestre: master, senior capoeira teacher moleque: punk nêgo: black guy pandeiro: large tamborine played in capoeira or samba Pastinha: famous deceased teacher of Capoeira Angola from Bahia patuá: amulet worn around the neck for protection pé do berimbau: position in front of the berimbau reco-reco: ribbed bamboo scraper roda: circle; circle made of people where capoeira is played Salvador: capital city of Bahia; birthplace of Capoeira as we know it today samba: brazilian rhythm and dance tocar: to touch; to play music vadiar: hanging out, chillin', making mischief; synonym for playing capoeira volta ao mundo: "around the world"; circling the roda viola: the highest pitched berimbau |