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Song of the Andes
Pepe Santana plays and sings an Andean song for his audience in an indigenous language.
Songs in the Roda
Professora Amazonas foretelling the closing of the roda through song.
Songs of Capoeira
Professora Amazonas sharing and practicing the songs of capoeira with her adult classes.
Spotting
Professora Amazonas working one-on-one with a young student, preparing to spot him on a handstand.
Stone Dobrão
The dobrão is a thick stone or coin used to play the berimbau. It is used to change the tension on the arame or string, in order to change the pitch and quality of the sound being played. The dobrão can also be called pedra (stone) or moeda (coin).
String Collection
These are the guitars and other lute family instruments that make up Pepe's strings collection.
String Collection Close Up
A close up of a small selection from Pepe Santana's stringed instrument collection.
String Collection on the Wall
A portion of Pepe Santana's collection of stringed instruments from around the world hand in a wall display.
Strings Close Up 2
Strings close up 2
Teaching and Learning in the Roda
Playing in the roda provides capoeiristas and students of capoeira to practice and apply the skills they learn while training and in classes and workshops, but also provide a hands-on opportunity to learn more. Here is an example of students helping…
Teaching and Training
Professora Amazonas of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira teaching her adult capoeira class.
Teaching Capoeira
Professora Amazonas instructs the students in her children’s capoeira class before beginning training.
Teaching Capoeira - Professora Amazonas
Professora Amazonas teaching her adult capoeira class.
Teepee at Split Rock Sweet Water Prayer Camp - Ramapough Lenape Ceremonial Land.
The teepee is not a traditional structure for Ramapough Lenape people, however it was erected symbolically on their ceremonial land when donated to the camp as a temporary structure. As the Ramapough have been kept from constructing a long-house…
Ten Stringed Cuatro
The Puerto Rican cuatro is unofficially known as the national instrument of Puerto Rico. It is used to play the traditional jíbaro music of the mountains of Puerto Rico.
The Collection
The collection
The Flutes
The flutes
The Glass Case
Pepe's private collection in his Stanhope, NJ home.
The Heartbeat
The drums are the heartbeat and the pulse that runs through a variety of genres in the African diaspora, including in Afro-Brazilian capoeira.
Third Capoeira Angola International Encounter Banner
Third Capoeira Angola International Encounter banner hanging on the wall at FICA in Washington, D.C.
Throwing Kicks
Throwing kicks in the roda.
Time on Task
A recurring theme during the classes documented by the Raíces Digital Archive was spending time on task to practice and apply takedowns.
Toca Bomba
Bombera playing the "barril de bomba" and singing chorus with Segunda Quimbamba.
Tour of Instruments
Pepe takes the time to show us the instruments in his collection. He shared with us the origins of many of his instruments, and even told us stories of how he acquired some of them.
Training
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira practice specific sequences of movements in one-on-one training