capoeira agora competition: january 2010
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O que é berimbau?
This competition is now closed.
'Competition 1' is open to the beginners, who wish to start learning Capoeira and have done none or no more than one of the Capoeira Agora courses and wish to participate in one of our courses in March or purchase Saturday 4-classes pass before the day indicated in the competition's rules. 'Competition 2' is for our lovely members. Good luck!
Please read the competitions' rules and conditions before claiming the prize.
Competition 1: beginners
How do we call the basic step in Capoeira?
Please, email the answer, which you can find within the 'beginners' section on this website, to classes@capoeira-agora.com with the 'Competition' in the subject line.
Closing date: March, 3rd
Prize: An additional to your March course or March Saturday pass, Capoeira class of your choice to be used in March
Competition 2: members
Part one: answer the beginners' question
Part two: Name (in Portuguese) six main parts of a berimbau and give the translation or explanation which part you refer to in English).
Email the answers to classes@capoeira-agora.com with the 'Competition' in the subject line.
Closing date: March, 3rd
Prize: An additional to your regular training Capoeira Agora class of your choice in March
Answers:
Q1. How do we call the basic step in Capoeira? Ginga
Q2: Name (in Portuguese) 6 parts of berimbau and give the translation or explanation which part you refer to in English):
- verga – wooden stick, could be made from biribá, bamboo, or any other wood that can bend and hold without breaking
- cabaça – A gourd, dried, opened and hollowed-out, could be made for example from calabash
- arame – a metal wire, tradiotionally pulled out of the car tire
- baqueta (also called vareta) – small stick abut 30cm long with which you hit the arame
- caxixi – a shaker, a rattle
- dobrão/moeda or pedra – a coin, or a stone
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