Places
Where the songs take us.
Abaeté
The Lagoa do Abaeté, a dark-water lagoon among white dunes in Salvador, sung about in Bahian songs.
Angola
Homeland of many enslaved Africans brought to Bahia, and the root that Capoeira Angola names itself after.
Aruanda
The mythical homeland of the ancestors in Afro-Brazilian religion — often a memory of Luanda, Angola.
Bahia
The state where capoeira as we know it took shape.
Cachoeira
A historic town on the Paraguaçu river in the Recôncavo, a centre of Afro-Brazilian culture.
Guiné
Guinea — in song, the West African homeland of many enslaved people.
Ilha de Maré
An island of fishing communities in the Bay of All Saints, near Salvador.
Maceió
The capital of the state of Alagoas, in Brazil's northeast.
Maranhão
A northeastern state, home of tambor de crioula and bumba-meu-boi.
Paraná
The Paraná river, often linked in song to the Paraguayan War (1864–1870), whose battles were fought along its waters.
Santo Amaro da Purificação
Town of the Recôncavo, home of Besouro and of maculelê.
São Salvador da Bahia
The old capital of Brazil and the city of Bimba and Pastinha.