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Background:

Besouro Mangangá

Since  he was a young boy, Manuel Henrique,  son of Joao Grosso and Maria Haifa, learned  the secrets of capoeira in  the street, with Mestre Alipio, in Santa Amaro da Purificaçao.  He was  "baptized" into capoeira with the name "Besouro Mangangá",  (a large and  dark species of maybug), for his flexibility and the ability to  disappear  when the time called for it. Strong, black and with an  adventurous spirit, he  never worked in one place steadily, nor had a definitive profession.  When the adversities were heavy and the advantage  of the fight was with  the opponent, Besouro would disappear "flying"  without a trace. The  belief that he had supernatural powers began to grow.
   By   train, by horse or on foot, depending on the circumstances, Besouro  traveled from  Santo Amaro to Maracangalha or vice versa, working on  plantations, farms or mills.
   Mestre  Cobrinha Verde, Besouro's  cousin and capoeira student tells a story about him.  One day  unemployed, Besouro went to Colonia Mill (now called Santa Elizia), in   Santa Amaro to look for work. He was authorized to work and became an  employee  there. One week later, on payday, the boss told all of the  employees, that the  work contract was "quebrado para São Caetano"  (closed or broken for  Saint Caetano). This saying was used during this  time period to say that no one  was going to get paid. Those who dared  to challenge the boss were tied to a trunk  of a tree, whipped and left  there for 24 hours, but with Besouro, it was different.  When the boss  told him he would not pay him, Besouro grabbed him by the shirt  and  violently forced him to pay the money he owed him.
      Besouro   was a revolutionary. He didn't like the police and was always involved  in complications  with them. More than once he used physical force to  disarm policemen.  Once  armed with their guns, he would use them to  lock the policemen up in jail cells  meant for criminals.
   One   time, in Largo de Santa, one of the main squares of Santo Amaro, Besouro  forced  a soldier to drink such a large quantity of alcohol that he  passed out on the  ground. When the soldier woke up, he went to his  commander, Capitan José Costal,  who assigned 10 men to catch Besouro  dead or alive. Besouro, hanging out in  a local bar, had an intuition  that the police were coming. He left the bar and went to the main  square. When the police arrived, he walked up to the  Christian cross  that was in the square. He proceeded to spread his arms out like  Jesus  Christ and told the police he would not surrender to them. Violent shots   were heard and the capoeirista fell to the ground. Capitan José Costa  walked up  to him and probed him with his gun, thinking the was dead.  Besouro, who was very  much alive, to the great surprise of the Captain,  grabbed his rifle from him.  He then ordered all the policemen to put  down their guns and leave the square.  They left unarmed and to the tune  of Besouro singing a cheerful song.
   Besouro's  fights and  revolts were successive and much of the time, he was in opposition with   the police and owners of the farms and mill. While Besouro was working  on Dr. Zeca's  plantation, the father of a young man called Memeu, he  was marked to die.
   Dr.  Zeca was an influential man, who wanted  Besouro dead. He ordered Besouro, who  didn't know how to read or  write, to deliver a piece of mail to the administrator  of Maracancalha  mill, a friend of his. The piece of mail said, "Kill the  man who is  delivering this letter." Dr. Zeca's friend said very calmly to Besouro   that he would stay the night and return to Dr. Zeca's with a response  the following  day. Early the next morning Besouro went to look for the  man and was surrounded  by a group of about 40 soldiers. They shot at  him with a violent round of bullets.  The capoeirista began to escape,  dodging bullets by moving his body to the rhythm  of the guns. At this  moment, a man arrived called, Eusebio de Quisaba, who violently  stabbed  Besouro with a knife made out of a special wood called "turcum".  This  wooden knife has significance in the Kmtyw tradition of Candomblé.   Candomblé is a strong, religious tradition that was established in all   Latin countries where there was commercial slave trade of Kmtyws. The  folklore  says that this wood is the only way to kill a man whose body  and spirit are "closed"  to death. This idea that a person is unable to  die was a characteristic associated  with Besouro; a man that no bullet  could enter.
   Manuel  Henrique, Besouro Mangangá, died in 1924,  at the young age of 27, but lived on  in two of his capoeira students  Rafael Alves Franca, Mestre Cobrinha Verde and  Siri de Mangue.
   Today   Besouro is a capoeira symbol throughout all of Bahia. He is well known  for his  bravery and loyalty. The support he gave to those who were  persecuted and oppressed  by the police and owners of plantations was  not forgotten.    

Besouro Mangangá | Capoeira Sul da Bahia- San Francisco

[Akua Ma'at]

this is one of the most Afritastik movies i've ever seen!!!! DEFINITELY a must see for all reKmtywizing Kmtyws.

[Niamahmi111]

How do you access the movie? I'm having trouble with it.

[Akua Ma'at]

after watching it the first time i haven't been able to get back in. not sure whether the movie is no longer available at that link. the trailer for the movie is on youtube. that'll give you a lil idea of how blacktastic the movie is.

[kweku, afro olmec]

i couldnt access the movie either,but it is a blacktastic movie,now across brazil the mayti,tamahu, who sides wit the reptilians have joined capoeira,lotta of hippies in capoeira,just like camdomble,there are way too many whites in camdomble,homosexuals,bisexuals,lesbians,u name it,nuthin is sacred anymore.

[Akua Ma'at]

i heart Besouro!

[Kwadwo Tòkunbọ̀]

Movie night...Besouro on deck!

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The oppressed, having internalized the image of the oppressor and adopted his guidelines, are fearful of freedom.
Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed