Capoeira Wiki-Word of the Week: Comunidade (Update)

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Comunidade

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Comunidade literally translates to English as "community."

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Capoeira Wiki-Word of the Week: Cafuringa

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Cafuringa

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Capoeira Wiki-Word of the Week: Salto (Update)

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Salto

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Salto literally translated to english means "jump" or "leap."  For those of you paying attention to your grammar, we are using this as a noun in this case.  A jump or a leap.

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Capoeira Wiki-Word of the Week: Convivência

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Convivência

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Capoeira Wiki-Word of the Week: Garra

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Garra

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Capoeira Wiki-Word of the Week: Puxada de Rede (Update)

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Puxada de Rede

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Translated from Portuguese to English, Puxada de Rede literaly means "Pulling of the Net."

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Puxada de Rede is a Brazilian folkloric theatrical play, seen in many capoeira performances. It is based on a traditional Brazilian legend.

Plot

A fisherman goes out to fish at night on a jangada, a handmade seaworthy sailing raft used by fishermen of north-eastern Brazil. His wife has a presentiment of something wrong and tries to stop him from going fishing that night. He goes anyway, leaving his wife crying and his kids scared. His wife waits the whole night for him on the beach, and around 5:00am, the usual arrival time, she sees the jangada. The fishermen have a very sad expression and some are even crying, but she does not see her husband. The fishermen tell her that her husband has fallen off the jangada by accident. As they start to withdraw the net, they find his body amongst the fish. His friends carry his body on their arms, in a traditional funeral ritual on the beach.