THE CAPOEIRA NELL’ATTUALITA ‘
Very different is the situation now stands capoerista and capoeira. We need to get to 1930, when the capoeira was liberalised and joined the national folklore. Today it’s easy to meet athletes-disciples of all ages and social classes, there are also women who practice. The capoerista is no longer a provocateur but as a sport. The capoerista must be calm, quiet and calculators, capoeira requires for its part a certain mysticism, loyalty with peers in the game and absolute obedience to the rules.
The master-disciple relationship was already established clearly towards the end of the twentieth century. Classes are generally held on weekends, the meeting points of capoeristi. In this era, capoeristi already received the title of Mestre by their pupils. In Bahia there are different types of capoeira that apparently differ among themselves only for small details. The most famous are Capoeira Angola and Capoeira Regional.
Today it’s easy to find shows capoeira purpose sports or tourism in squares, restaurants and clubs. By now has become famous worldwide thanks to its appearance in theatre, cinema and television.