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[[File:Batuque.jpg|thumb|''Batuque'' by [[Johann Moritz Rugendas]], between 1822 and 1825.]] |
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'''Batuque''' (drum<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/batuque</ref>, drumming<ref>https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-27078-4_537</ref>; derived ''batucar'' - to drum<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/batucar</ref>) was a Brazilian game played in [[Bahia]] in the early part of the twentieth century by African slaves, which were brought to Brazil, but now extinct.<ref name=Luan>Gerard Taylor, ''Capoeira: The Jogo de Angola from Luanda to Cyberspace, Volumen 2''</ref> A similar game, ''pernada'', was popular in [[Rio de Janeiro]] about the same time. Players stand in a circle; one player stands in the center in a defensive position, and another moves around him, suddenly attacking. The attacking player tries to throw the defending player to the ground with blows from his legs. |
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Batuque was a combat game of predominantly Angolan origins.{{sfn|Assunção|2002|pp=66}} In the [[1930s]] the Angolans in Brazil were the champions in batuque, with one of the most renowned practitioners being Angolinha ('little Angola').{{sfn|Assunção|2002|pp=66}} |
Batuque was a combat game of predominantly Angolan origins.{{sfn|Assunção|2002|pp=66}} In the [[1930s]] the Angolans in Brazil were the champions in batuque, with one of the most renowned practitioners being Angolinha ('little Angola').{{sfn|Assunção|2002|pp=66}} |
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Revision as of 20:31, 3 September 2023
Batuque (drum[1], drumming[2]; derived batucar - to drum[3]) was a Brazilian game played in Bahia in the early part of the twentieth century by African slaves, which were brought to Brazil, but now extinct.[4] A similar game, pernada, was popular in Rio de Janeiro about the same time. Players stand in a circle; one player stands in the center in a defensive position, and another moves around him, suddenly attacking. The attacking player tries to throw the defending player to the ground with blows from his legs.
Batuque was a combat game of predominantly Angolan origins.[5] In the 1930s the Angolans in Brazil were the champions in batuque, with one of the most renowned practitioners being Angolinha ('little Angola').[5]
Capoeira inovators like Anibal Burlamaqui in Rio de Janeiro and Mestre Bimba, the founder of the regional capoeira style, incorporated numerous batuque techniques.[5] Moreover, Mestre Bimba's father was a champion of batuque.[4] Nestor Capoeira believes that many swipes (rasteiras) introduced by Bimba in the capoeira came from batuque.[6]
Batuque in present
There are efforts to resurrect Batuque (and leg wrestling in general) as a modern sport.[7]
Literature
- Capoeira: Roots of the Dance-Fight-Game, by Nestor Capoeira, ISBN 1-55643-404-9.
- Assunção, Matthias Röhrig (2002). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7146-8086-6.
- Capoeira, Nestor (2002). Capoeira: Roots of the Dance-Fight-Game. Blue Snake Books. ISBN 978-1-58394-637-4.
References
- ^ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/batuque
- ^ https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-27078-4_537
- ^ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/batucar
- ^ a b Gerard Taylor, Capoeira: The Jogo de Angola from Luanda to Cyberspace, Volumen 2
- ^ a b c Assunção 2002, pp. 66.
- ^ Capoeira 2002, pp. 196.
- ^ "batuque".
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