Thursday, February 07, 2008

Making Berimbaus - Brazil




The Place: In Cachambi, the neighbourhood of Mestre Celso from our capoeira group, Engenho de Rainha, we met to learn how to make berimbaus.
Some features: Equipped with the gourds, wooden branches, tires (the wire for the berimbau is stripped from car tires) and tools, we made berimbau´s (the main instrument used in capoeira) under the guidance of one of the brazilian masters of our group, Mestre Mozart.
Was a proud moment (for us and our instructors) to have made one from scratch in the heart of Rio. A Brazilian momento which will be well used back home in our rodas.

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