Mestre Brasília

Also known as

Antônio Cardoso Andrade

Description

Capoeira mestre from Bahia, a student of Mestre Canjiquinha, who settled in São Paulo in the 1960s and founded the Cordão de Ouro group with Mestre Suassuna.

Teachers (1)

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  Mestre Canjiquinha

  swordsCapoeira Angola Probable

  Probable

  Single source.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Single source.

  “M.Suassuna, formed by Regional and M.Brasília, a student of Canjiquinha, joined efforts in the group ‘Cordão de Ouro’ (golden chain, a reference to the famous Besouro Mangangá, see Chapter 4), which became one of the most successful capoeira associations in the country.”

  — Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info

  “Some had been pupils of the famous angoleiros Canjiquinha (Brasília, Ananias)”

  — Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info

Lineage

• Capoeira AngolaMestre Canjiquinha ← Mestre Aberrê ← Mestre Pastinha ← Benedito · 4 generations

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