Mestre Sapo
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Humberto Ferreira de Mendonça | |
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| Born | April 5, 1973 Olinda, Pernambuco |
| Died | February 27, 2018 (aged 44) |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Alma mater | Academia de Capoeira, Associação Angola Mãe, Olinda, Pernambuco |
| Occupation | policeman, driver |
| Known for | Mestre Capoeira |
Humberto Ferreira de Mendonça, has been a Master of Capoeira in Brazil. He is also known as Mestre Sapo by practitioners of this discipline.
Life
Sapo was born in 1973 in the neighborhood of Olinda, in Recife, a major city of the Brazilian State of Pernambuco. From the early period of his life he was involved in street self defense discipline, which in Brazil go under the name of Capoeira. In the 90's, while he was working as a taxi driver in Salvador, Bahia, he came into contact with the work Cobra Mansa, who was at the time a recognized Mestre (Master) of Capoeira.[1] [2] [3] In 2003, after becoming a Mestre (Master) recognized by the Capoeira community, he went back to his native town, Olinda, to teach in the local Academia de Capoeira Angola Mae, and kept working there and forming some Masters. He passed away in 2022 in his house, for natural reasons.[4][5]
Contribution to Capoeira and National Recognition
His contribution to the development of Capoeira has been recognized as a form of care and preservation of the regional and national culturale heritage.[6]
In fact, Capoeira is a martial art born between African coasts (Angola) and Brazil during Atlantic slave trade.[7] In 2014, the Roda (formation) of Capoeira has been declared Intangible cultural heritage of Humanity by Unesco.[8]
His formation in the traditional Brazilian discipline of Capoeira sets in the footsteps of Mestre Pastinha, the founder of capoeira Angola, Mestre Joao Grande, Mestre Moraes.[9] He developed their work which was about researching the original African roots of Capoeira Angola.
Following his contribution social and cultural work, he was declared Patron of Capoeira in Pernambuco from the municipality of Recife in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.[10] [11] His work contributed to the fortune and diffusion of Capoeira, the Brazilian national martial art, in various European countries, such as Germany and Italy.[12] He contributed to form masters of capoeira who nowadays formed their own groups and are spreading his teaching around Europe, including Contramestre Lagartixa, Mestra Nazare, Mestra Di, Mestre Nino Faisca.[13]
References
- ↑ Islas, David S. Contreras; Jennings, George (2023). "A Typology of Martial Arts Scholar–Practitioners: Types, Transitions, and Tensions in Capoeira". Societies. 13 (10): 214. doi:10.3390/soc13100214.
- ↑ De Lima Sales, Ayres Alves (2022). Dossie Jorge Ferreira - A vida e a trajetoria de um Mestre de Capoeira Angola Pernambucano (Bolsa de Incentivo a Criacao Cultural thesis). Directoria de Cultura da Pro-reitoria de extensao e Cultura da Universidate Federal de Pernambuco.
- ↑ "Introduction to Capoeira Music by Mestre Cobra Mansa". UC Davis - Department of Music. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ↑ "Morre Mestre Sapo, importante nome da capoeira pernambucana".
- ↑ "Dies Mestre Sapo, Icon of Capoeira in Pernambuco".
- ↑ "Mestre Sapo - Sabedoria Viva (Mestre Sapo - Living Wisdom)". YouTube. October 2020.
- ↑ Taylor, G. (2007). Capoeira: The Jogo de Angola from Luanda to Cyberspace. Vol. 2. North Atlantic Books. p. 66. ISBN 9781583941836. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
- ↑ "Capoeira circle - Inscribed in 2014 (9.COM) on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity".
- ↑ "Capoeira Angola em Pernambuco". 15 December 2014.
- ↑ "LEI Nº 18.043, DE 20 DE DEZEMBRO DE 2022". 20 December 2022.
- ↑ "Fifth week of capoeira Recife homages Mestre Sapo".
- ↑ "Mestre Rogerinho".
- ↑ "Cadastro nacional da capoerista - Mestre Nino Faisca - Istituto do Patrimonio Historico Artistico Nacional".
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