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Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola

CECA

Founded 23 February 1941

Seat Liberdade, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Founded by
Livino, Domingos Magalhães, Totonho de Maré +4

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  • Founding and dissolution
  • Members
  • Founders and leadership
  • no end date

Dated moments of this group, from the corpus.8 undated moments are listed under Relations

The Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola (CECA) is Mestre Pastinha's capoeira angola centre in Salvador, Bahia. Pastinha dates its birth to 23 February 1941, at the Sunday roda of the mestres in Gengibirra, at the end of Liberdade, where Aberrê had brought him and where the mestres of the older Centro Nacional de Capoeira de Origem Angola asked him to lead. Pastinha registered the centre in 1952. After several itinerant seats it settled at the Pelourinho in 1955, where it stayed until 1973.

Founding. In Pastinha's own account (his manuscripts, and his 1967 interview with Realidade), his former student Aberrê invited him in 1941 to the Sunday roda at Gengibirra, at the end of Liberdade. There Amorzinho, a civil guard and the owner of that capoeira, shook his hand and offered him the academy to lead; Antônio Maré insisted that Pastinha accept. Pastinha writes that on 23 February 1941, in the Gengibirra neighbourhood at the end of Liberdade, the "Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola" was born. A Tarde (24 February 1969) gives the same date. Pastinha's list of the founders names Amorzinho ("the owner of the group"), Aberrê, Antônio Maré, Daniel Noronha, Onça Preta, Livino Diogo, Olampio, Zeir, Vitor H.D., Alemão (son of Maré), Domingos Magalhães, Beraldo Izaque dos Santos, Pinião José Chibata and Ricardo B. dos Santos.

Two versions of the handover. Pastinha's manuscripts say Amorzinho handed him the capoeira in person on 23 February 1941. Noronha's manuscripts (p. 17 of the 1993 edition) say the mestres handed the Centro to Pastinha because of Amorzinho's death, which later accounts place in 1943, and that Pastinha then registered it. The older Centro Nacional de Capoeira de Origem Angola is therefore dated until Amorzinho's death, and CECA from 1941.

Presidents and seats. Pastinha's manuscripts name three presidents: Athaydio Caldeira (1941–1944), Aurelydio Caldeira (1944–1952) and Paulo Santos Silva (1952–1955). Pastinha registered the academy in 1952. According to A Tarde (1969), the centre moved its headquarters several times, among them the Workers Centre, Fôrno in Cidade de Palha, Bigode and Brotas, before settling at the Pelourinho, where it occupied number 19 of the square from 1955. In 1973 Pastinha was asked to leave the Pelourinho building.

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  1. Led by1

    Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola led by Pastinha23 February 1941 – 13 November 1981

    Invited by Aberrê to attend the Sunday roda at Ladeira de Gengibirra in February 1941; Amorzinho asked him to assume leadership. He later registered the centre officially as CECA and moved it to the Pelourinho. Leadership from 23 February 1941 with no end date: leaving the Pelourinho in 1973 ended the address, not the leadership.

    Unverified
    [1]

  2. Co-founded by6

    Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola co-founded by Totonho de Maré23 February 1941

    Named as "Antonio Maré" in Pastinha's own list of CECA's founders (23 February 1941).

    Likely
    [2]

  3. Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola co-founded by Onça Preta23 February 1941

    Named as "Onça Preta" in Pastinha's own list of CECA's founders (23 February 1941).

    Likely
    [2]

  4. Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola co-founded by Noronha23 February 1941

    Named as "Daniel Noronha" in Pastinha's own list of CECA's founders (23 February 1941).

    Likely
    [2]

  5. Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola co-founded by Aberrê23 February 1941

    Named as "Aberrê" in Pastinha's own list of CECA's founders (23 February 1941).

    Likely
    [2]

  6. Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola co-founded by Livino23 February 1941

    Named as "Livino Diogo" in Pastinha's own list of CECA's founders (23 February 1941).

    Likely
    [2]

  7. Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola co-founded by Domingos Magalhães23 February 1941

    Named as "Domingo de.Mlhães" in Pastinha's own list of CECA's founders (23 February 1941).

    Likely
    [2]

  8. Founded by1

    Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola founded by Pastinha23 February 1941

    Pastinha dates CECA's birth to 23 February 1941 at Gengibirra, end of Liberdade; he registered the academy in 1952.

    Verified
    [2][3]

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Relations by confidence

  • Verified: 1
  • Likely: 6
  • Unverified: 11

Sources cited

  1. [1]Vicente Ferreira Pastinha, Wikipedia cited 1 time
  2. [2]Criação do Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola, Jogo da Vida cited 9 times
  3. [3]Pastinha 1969 (A Tarde, 24 Feb 1969) cited 2 times
  4. [4]https://velhosmestres.com/br/destaques-18 cited 1 time
  5. [5]Interview with Mestre Bola Sete, Capoeira Connection cited 1 time
  6. [6]Mestres octogenários da capoeira recebem título de heróis populares no VI Rede Capoeira, Tribuna do Recôncavo cited 1 time
  7. [7]Mestre Curió, Velhos Mestres cited 1 time
  8. [8]Mestre Felipe de Santo Amaro será homenageado com título de Doutor Honoris Causa pela UFRB, Agência Pulsar Brasil cited 1 time
  9. [9]https://www.kimcapoeira.com/capoeira/angola-e-regional/ cited 2 times
  10. [10]Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola, Wikipedia (pt) cited 1 time
  11. [11]Mestre Roberval — Bandcamp biography cited 1 time
  12. [12]Velhos Mestres – Gaguinho Preto, velhosmestres.com cited 1 time