Patrimônio gestual da capoeira carioca

Abstract

The object of study of this work is the capoeira, seen under the Social Memory lens as a gesture heritage, built from the conjunction of the following substances: gesture, people and meanings. Understanding the capoeira practicing as the retainer of this heritage for intermediary of his body and his voice we try to analyze it, in its trajectory throughout the time, using texts, images and narratives that demonstrated it in a dynamic and relational way, in order to unmask what it means to the Brazilian society. We find in the groups of capoeira the privileged structure to observe the current configuration of the capoeira’s universe. We investigated the internal and external relations of the groups through participation on events and interviews with the masters of this art, in which we collected important verbal and body narratives, verifying at last in which way the gesture collection of a group collaborates in constant construction of its identity.