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A RODA DA SABEDORIA/THE CIRCLE OF WISDOM

"When I first began Capoeira, I entered the Roda with an experienced player...I had my guard down out of naivete, and I was struck in the mouth.  I was stunned but recovered quickly into my ginga and noticed the look of alarm in camara’s eyes as I smiled and kept playing....years later, I entered the Roda with a novice and let my guard down out of pride, and I was struck in the mouth.  The cut was deeper than before,I turned my eyes from camara and I left the ring in shame."

Institutopalmeiras@PBworks mission is to provide an archive of activities and research on the following issues:

• Entrepreneurship: Sport, Diaspora, Migration; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Performance Training
  

• Economic exclusion: Globalization; Health, Youth, Aging, Human Security, Citizenship
  

• Culture and education: Cultural Literacy, Steelpan and Innovation in the Americas, Consumption of Capoeira; African Diasporic Fusion Arts

Ongoing Programmes

INSTITUTO PALMEIRAS SCHOLARSHIPS

Support for tertiary education and research in Asia & the Americas

INSTITUTO PALMEIRAS: CAPOEIRA 4 KIDS 

Participatory training programmes for kids in Asia & the Americas

CAPOEIRA E CANTAR, CAMARA

Translation and Composition of Capoeira music: Ladainhas, Corridos, Toques and experimental music collaborations