Natalia Korelina - It’s capoeira between us. Conversations with capoeiristas. Part 1

Golden cord (Portuguese)

A person who practices capoeira.

The main basic movement in capoeira.

Curious.

Monitor (a) – a person who has a blue-yellow belt in CDO school.

Brasilian

The Road Runner

Capoeirista initiation ceremony.

(Great) master.

A whip.

A relative.

A louse.

Golden day or a day of gold.

The highest belt according to the CDO system is white, and the white and gold belts were given to the first masters who have been in the group since its creation in order to acknowledge their merits.

Zumbi was a Brasilian of Kongo origin and a Quilombola leader; he is also one of the pioneers of resistance to the slavery of Africans by the Portuguese in Brasil.

A graduate. A student with a yellow (third) belt in the CDO system.

Little ant.

Short from Cordão de Ouro.

Angola or Capoeira Angola is one of the fundamental styles of capoeira.

A capoeirista with blue-green-yellow belt in the CDO system.

Small skull.

An eggplant.

Xangô is one of the most popular orishas in the Yoruba religion, Heavenly Father, the spirit of thunder and lightning.

Roda is the circle in which capoeira is played.

Something small, a piece of something.

A peaceful cobra.

A kebbe, Levantine dish, bulgur cutlets popular in Brasil.

Apelido is a nickname, a name in capoeira.

Instrutor (a) is a capoeirista with a blue belt according to the CDO system.

Biruta is a windsock or doll that is inflated with a strong stream of air from below.

Regional or capoeira-regional is one of the main styles of capoeira.

Berimbau is a musical instrument in capoeira

A warrior.

A princess.

A lemon.

A jumping movement in capoeira from the squat back to the arms.

A vine.

A brunette.

Formatura is a kind of «graduation» in capoeira, when senior students receive professor belts.

Zoinho is a derivative of «eyes».