Grupo Ypriranga: July Encounter in Madrid

A note from Ypiranga in Madrid:

To all angoleiros and capoeiristas worlwide...

Due to Mestre Manoel' s current stay in Europe, the Grupo de Capoeira Angola Ypiranga de Pastinha- Madrid supervised by Contramestre Dirceu, will hold a Capoeira Angola encounter from 4th-6th of July, in Madrid, Spain. Here attached is the flyer for the meeting, with a detailed program for the event along with information on how to contact us for further details on prices, etc. Come vadiar with us in the beautiful city of Madrid, which is known to never sleep, specially in the summertime!

You can also check out our blog, where we'll be posting further news on the event.

GCAYP - Madrid

"Gingando na luta pela cidadania"

The poster reads:

Encuentro de Capoeira Angola Madrid
Grupo de Capoeira Angola
Ypiranga de Pastinha
with Mestre Manuel & Contramestre Dirceu

July 4 - 6
Centro Social Seco
Calle Arregui & Aruej 21, 28007 Madrid
Metro: Puente de Vallecas/Pacífico

Friday, July 4
7:30 pm: Opening Roda at Escuela Baile de Nachos, Calle Santa Isabel 9 (Metro: Antón Martin)

Saturday, July 5
10:30, training
2:00, lunch
3:30, training
4:30, roda
7:30, presentation (Projecto Ypiranga em Maré, RJ, Brasil
10:30 - 11:30, Barra Solidaria

Sunday, July 6
10:30, training
2:00, Roda de Despedida (Parque del Retiro)

Contacts: gcayp (dot) madrid (at) gmail (dot) com
Telephone: 692139571

"The Fragrance of Flowers in the Air..."

Contramestre Cristina from Grupo Ypiranga de Pastinha in Rio de Janeiro was one of the guests at the 10th Annual Women’s Conference held in Washington, DC last month. It was really great to get to know her and learn about her path within Capoeira Angola in Rio de Janeiro. She wrote a wonderful piece for the conference, reflecting on the Women’s Encounters in Rio de Janeiro:

The fragrance of flowers in the air, the scented water cleansing the place… We could almost hear the beating of our hearts, accelerated by the expectation of the challenge that awaited. The arrival of Mestras Janja and Paulinha, bringing the courage that comes with feeling supported as well as the certainty of our purpose in that moment: the confirmation that our path was possible, despite of our fears, insecurities and the strangeness of our presence in the complicated universe of capoeira. And there were so many of us! A surprise that came to light when we formed an immense roda of women during that March in 1999. Where were all these women hiding themselves during the everyday rodas?

The memory of this moment instigated us, provoked within ourselves the desire for other actions…

… Our confrontations, our inquiries, ours afflicted lives and our huge desire to add all this to our passion for capoeira, turned this into a continual search for the understanding of diverse ways to create paths for us to exercise our power.

That is beautiful (and it sounds even better in the original Portuguese). You can read the whole thing in the latest issue of Caxixi, the literary magazine devoted to Capoeira Angola, available at FICA-DC.

Closing 2007 & Opening 2008 in Rio de Janeiro

T Carrapicho (Daniel) of FICA-Oakland sent in these pictures and report about the end of the year and New Year’s Capoeira Angola events in Rio de Janeiro.

The end of the year in Rio de Janeiro was full of Capoeira Angola, from the now traditional roda in honor of Mestre Pastinha led by Mestre Neco to another nice roda on Zumbi day upon the arrival of Mestre Carlão, as well as closing rodas of different groups at the end of December.

In the center of the city, in the Ile of Angola, there was a closing roda that included the presence of Mestres Lumumba, Brinco, Chaime%, and Contramestres Geraldo, Fred, Urubu, Pedrinho, Magal, and others. The roda started in the morning, and afterwards we had a nice churrasco. On this same day, Mestre Jurandir was in Rio for the inauguration of the new FICA-Rio space in Lapa, leading the classes and roda.

At Ypiranga de Pastinha, Mestre Manoel, who had just arrived from a trip to France with some of the members of the group, did a roda on Thursday, with a presentation of their new cd and dvd, and a little party for all present. The dvd included the intense participation of Mestre Cobra Mansa.

Mestre Mano and GRupo Flor da Gente held two closed events in their beautiful space in Catete; a workshop with Mestre Rogerio from Angola Dobrada, and a roda, party, and Secret Santa gift exchange at the end of the next week.

And to truly close the rodas of the year, Mestre Russo and Mestre Peixe received everyone in the bakery for a nice roda, with the presence of Mestre Rogério, Contramestre Negão, Treinel Ir% from Angola Dobrada, Mestre Manoel, Baba, Marrom, King, irmão Moura, and Contramestres Kiki, Renato, Cristina, among others. As always, there was a high level of capoeiragem to see and much respect among the capoeiristas, leaving everyone wanting 2008 to come quickly for more rodas at this level.

And opening the year, Mestre Carlão organized a roda on the first Saturday of the year in the Largo das Neves. Unfortunately, during the roda it started to rain, but the roda continued for about another hour of slippery ground and much danger. Mestre Angolinha and Mestre Manoel arrived late and did not want to play in the rain. Afterwards, everyone went to the birthday party of Tereza.

On Sunday, there was the roda in Caxias, and Mestre Manoel left for Rio, heading to Bahia to participate in the event of Mestre Lua de Bobo.

Next time you are heading to Brazil, put Rio de Janeiro on your itinerary because there is a lot of great capoeira and great people.

This report will also be published in the 2008 edition of Caxixi, which will be coming out as part of the Women’s Conference. This magazine project is open for all to participate!!! If you would like to submit a poem, story, ladainha, drawing, photo, etc, the deadline for submissions is January 18 (Friday)!! If you have questions, or need a little bit more time, please e-mail:

caxixi (dot) mag (at) gmail (dot) com

You can also submit your artistic works to this address.

Many thanks to T Carrapicho for this great report, and to T Gege & Ama (FICA-Baltimore and one of the Caxixi editorial team members).

Grupo Ypiranga de Pastinha: Year-End Roda

Hey folks:

This Thursday, December 20, at 7:00 pm, Grupo Ypiranga de Pastinha will be having our year-end roda at our space, which is located at Morro do Timbau, Complexo da Maré.

Just go down the walkway of Avenida Brasil. If you come from Baixada to Centro, cross the walkway. Otherwise, after getting off the bus, just go back and take the second street on the left. Go down this hill and you will come out in front of the building. It’s a squat, inside the old Quartzolit plant.

The Timbau community is calm and the space is very close to Avenida Brasil, you can come without worry. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Beijos,

Cris

Still shots from Ypiranga DVD

A little something to go with your coffee & toast this morning:

Some nice photos from the filming of the Ypiranga DVD. Sent to us by Hélico from France.




Hélico (Paris 2005) all rights reserved.

Anniversary of the Grupo Ypiranga de Pastinha

When: Saturday, April 14
Where: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Contact Information: Centro Ypiranga de Pastinha, Mestre Manoel
           Tel: 38859429 / 92992750 (M. Manoel)
           e-mail: cypbrasil(aroba)cypbrasil(ponto)org

Schedule:
10:00 am: Various Activities, including a berimbau orchestra, maculelê, samba, jongo, hip hop, and more.
Location: Timbau community donation area for family food baskets

1:30 pm: Roda de Capoeira
Location: Centro de Cultura Popular da Maré (na Antiga Fábrica de Cimento Quartzolite)

Rua Capitão Carlos n. 216 Timbau - Maré, Bom Sucesso (located near passarela 7 next to the Escola Bahia.)

Go to Av. Guilherme Maxwell, go 200 meters and go up the second street on the left (the motoboys on passarella 7 can tell you where the place is.

Grupo Ypirange de Pastinha will have a DVD for sale at the event (R$35). This DVD features M Manoel, CM Dirceu de Angola, other members of Grupo Ypiranga, and invited guests, including M Cobra Mansa, Camaleão, Pernalonga, Jocelyn, Fubuia and others.

This is going to be a very nice DVD. Check out this preview.

Thanks to T Gege for the information.