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ZUMBIMBA, FILHOS DE BIMBA – BAY AREA’S ANNUAL EVENT RETURNS!

This year, the event will be held in Berkeley, CA, November 12 to honor the influential figures in capoeira and Black consciousness in Brazil and across the diaspora. Mestre Malandro, our featured guest, returns to share his knowledge and celebrate with the Bay Area capoeira community!

What is ZUMBIMBA?

Created in 1991 by Filhos de Bimba – Escola de Capoeira, ZUMBIMBA honors the legacies of the men and women who are symbols of freedom and Black resistance among Afro-Brazilians. These figures preserved what was once though to be lost African tradition and rituals and are now the cornerstone in Afro-Brazilian culture. Their fortitude and perseverance inspired a host of other Black luminaries and paved a path for these traditions and practices like capoeira to be done without threat of suppression to all who want to partake. ZUMBIMBA is held each year in November around two significant dates, November 20, Zumbi’s death and Day of Black Resistance in Brazil, and November 23, the birthday of Mestre Bimba. No matter the school, lineage or time in capoeira, ALL ARE WELCOME!

ZUMBIMBA 2022 SCHEDULE

MORNING SESSION – 10:00AM

Puxada de Rede Workshop

Maculelé Workshop

-BREAK-

AFTERNOON SESSION – 2:00PM

Capoeira

Festa de Batizado

Why More Black Americans Should Try Capoeira KQED Documentary Screening

Salve!

Join us for Zumbimba 2019, running from October 31st through November 2nd! ZUMBIMBA is an annual celebration that honors the legacies of Africans and their descendants in Brazil. Zumbi dos Palmares, hero of the black resistance against slavery and racial injustice, whose fight is still relevant AND necessary today. Mestre Bimba, an African descendant whose preservation of culture from Bahia and innovations have reverberated throughout the world of Capoeira. We want to also honor the African Warrior Princess Aqualtune of Angola. She fought against the Portuguese in both Angola and Brazil, and is the grandmother of Zumbi. To this day, they remain symbols of resistance and have brought together people from various cultures and backgrounds in unity.

We have 3 days packed with various teachers passionate about transmitting cultural heritage through ancestral movements.

Confirmed Guest Instructors:
Familia de Bimba
Mestre Nenel (son of Mestre Bimba)
Rainha Nalvinha (daughter of Mestre Bimba)
Mestra Preguiça (first and only female master of Regional)
Simba (son of Mestra Preguiça and Mestre Nenel, 1st time in the US!)
and
Mestra Samambaia (Nives Wetzel de Cediel)
Professor Malandro

Schedule:
Day 1
Thursday, Oct 31
7-9:30pm
Capoeira with Mestre Nenel – Maculele – Welcome roda

Day 2
Friday, Nov 1
7-9:30 pm
Capoeira with Mestra Preguiça – Puxada de rede

Day 3
Saturday, November 2
10am-12pm
Samba de Roda – Rainha Nalvinha
Dança Afro – Mestra Samambaia (Nives)

**break**

2-3pm: US premiere of Mulheres da pá Virada: histórias e trajetórias na Capoeira. A documentary about women in capoeira followed by Q&A with Mestra Preguiça and Dona Nalvinha
3-4pm: Aulão (big class) – Mestra Preguiça
4pm: Festa de Batizado
Open Roda
Refreshments

Prices:
Thursday $40
Friday $50
Saturday morning $40
Saturday afternoon $100
Saturday all day $120
Full event $140 if you register online by October 20th
Full event $150 after October 20th
Spectators for the Festa de Batizado $10
$20 for event shirt (free if w/ full event)*

Payments can be made online:
Venmo: @malandro81
Paypal: malandromandinga@gmail.com
Cash app: $malandro81

Locations:
Thursday 7-9:30pm AND Saturday 10am-12:30pm
Emeryville Senior Center
4321 Salem St, Emeryville, CA 94608

Friday 7-9:30pm
North Oakland Community Charter School
1000 42nd Street, Oakland, CA 94608

Saturday 2pm
Oakland Technical High School Boy’s Gym
4351 Broadway Oakland, CA 94609 (entrance off Broadway and 45th)

Come join us for our 5th annual JUNETEENTH open roda. This celebration will be on Saturday, June 15th, 1pm-4pm at Lake Merritt by the arches. There will be a potluck afterwards. This is a FREE community event. Please notify us if you would like to contribute a dish or give a $10 donation (*) to help cover food and drink expenses for the community. Everyone please come in WHITE to pay homage to the capoeiristas of old that would wear their best clothes to church or to a party and then take part in capoeira afterward. This could be your white capoeira uniform or other white clothes that are comfortable to play in. If you can keep your clothes clean while playing—it shows your skill!

What is Juneteenth?

JUNETEENTH is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. The Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freed the enslaved Africans from southern states in rebellion against the US during the Civil War. News of the signing did not reach Galveston, Texas until June 19, 1865. On June 19th (shortened to “Juneteenth”), enslaved Africans flooded the streets, rejoicing in their newly discovered freedom.

Saturday: Juneteenth Roda
Time: 1-4pm
Location: Lake Merritt

What was once practiced in secret in the slave quarters of Brazil, today is celebrated in public to honor our connection to African descendants disbursed throughout the world, and to honor their struggle for freedom. On June 15th we come together and share our Capoeira in the traditions that was handed down to us as a tool of resistance, expression and connection to the spirit. In the roda we connect to our ancestors, to each other, and to future generations. JUNETEENTH is a time of celebration, but also a time of reflection, healing, and hopefully a time for the community to come together. It is a time for assessment, self-improvement and for planning the future. In cities across the country, people of all races, nationalities and religions come together to truthfully acknowledge a period in our history that shaped and continues to influence our society today.

(*) If you would like to make a donation to help us cover food expense in advance you may do so via Venmo @Malandro81 or Paypal with malandromandinga@gmail.com as the recipient.

1. Choose your amount
2. Click on the Personal tab and select gift so that we will receive ALL of your payment, instead of some of it going to Paypal’s administrative fees!
3. Please put your name (real or Capoeira) and Juneteenth 2019 so that we can show appreciation for your contribution.

Salve! Join Filhos de Bimba Bay Area for ZUMBIMBA 2018 and celebrate 100 years of Capoeira Regional (1918-2018)

ZUMBIMBA is an annual celebration that honors the legacies of two powerful men in the history of Africans in Brazil:

Zumbi dos Palmares: hero of the black resistance against slavery and racial injustice. This fight is still relevant AND necessary today.

Mestre Bimba: an Africa descendant whose preservation of culture from Bahia and innovations have reverberated throughout the world of Capoeira.

Till this day they remain symbols of resistance and have brought together people from various cultures & backgrounds in unity.

We have 3 days packed with various teachers passionate about transmitting cultural heritage through ancestral movements.

Schedule:

Thursday, November 1
7-9:30 pm Maculelé – Capoeira

Friday, November 2
7-9:30 pm Puxada de rede – Capoeira

Saturday, November 3
10am-11am Samba de Roda – Rainha Nalvinha
11am-12:00pm Capoeira – Mestra Preguiça
**break**

2-3pm Capoeira – Professores Mascote e Dentinho
3-4pm Music (quadras e corridos) – Mestre Canguru
4-5pm **Aulão (big class) – Mestre Nenel**
5pm *Festa de Batizado*
Open Roda
Bate-Papo (conversation)
Refreshments

Confirmed Guests Instructors:

Mestre Nenel (son of Mestre Bimba)
Rainha Nalvinha (daughter of Mestre Bimba)
Mestre Canguru (amazing singer, composer, teacher and player)
Mestra Preguiça (first and only female master of Regional)
Professor Mascote (amazing guy)
Professor Dentinho (cool guy)
Professor Malandro (regular guy)

Special guest:

Professor Lang

Locations:

Thursday and Friday
West Lake Middle School
2629 Harrison St, Oakland

Saturday
Oakland Technical High School
4351 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94609
(entrance off Broadway and 45th)

Prices

Local Bay Area (less than 100 miles away):
$30 Single Workshop
$180 Full Event
$150 Received by Monday, October 29

Out of Town (more than 100 miles away):
$150 full event
$130 Received by Monday, October 29

$60 Thursday
$75 Friday
$120 Saturday (all day)
$85 Saturday Morning
$100 Saturday Afternoon
$10 Spectators for the Festa de Batizado

Registration

To register please follow this link

Come join us for our 4th annual JUNETEENTH open roda. This celebration will be on Saturday, June 2nd, 1pm-4pm at Lake Merritt by the arches. There will be a potluck afterwards. This is a FREE community event. Please notify us if you would like to contribute a dish or give a $10 donation (*) to help cover food and drink expenses for the community. Everyone please come in WHITE to pay homage to the capoeiristas of old that would wear their best clothes to church or to a party, and then take part in capoeira afterward. This could be your white capoeira uniform or other white clothes that are comfortable to play in. If you can keep your clothes clean while playing — it shows your skill!

What is Juneteenth?

JUNETEENTH is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. The Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freed the enslaved Africans from southern states in rebellion against the US during the Civil War. News of the signing did not reach Galveston, Texas until June 19, 1865. On June 19th (shortened to JUNETEENTH), enslaved Africans flooded the streets, rejoicing in their newly discovered freedom.

As a tribute to the freedom of our ancestors and as part of the Juneteenth celebrations, Capoeira teachers of African descent will be here to celebrate with an open roda and workshop exchange. From the Bay, New York and LA, each running their own schools representing different capoeira lineages: Prof. Malandro, Mestre Xango, Contra Mestre Omi, Prof. Caimãn and Contra Mestre Muito Tempo, Contra Mestre Versatil and more will be here.

Saturday:	Juneteenth Roda
Time:	1-4pm
Location:	Lake Merritt

What was once practiced in secret in the slave quarters of Brazil, today is celebrated in public to honor our connection to African descendants disbursed throughout the world, and to honor their struggle for freedom. On June 2nd we come together and share our Capoeira in the traditions that was handed down to us as a tool of resistance, expression and connection to the spirit. In the roda we connect to our ancestors, to each other, and to future generations. JUNETEENTH is a time of celebration, but also a time of reflection, healing, and hopefully a time for the community to come together. It is a time for assessment, self-improvement and for planning the future. In cities across the country, people of all races, nationalities and religions come together to truthfully acknowledge a period in our history that shaped and continues to influence our society today.

(*) If you would like to make a donation to help us cover food expense in advance you may do so with Venmo @Malandro81 or paypal to malandromandinga@gmail.com as the recipient email Choose your amount
Click on the Personal tab and select gift so that we will receive ALL of your payment, instead of Paypal administrative fees!
Please put your name (real on or Capoeira) and Juneteenth 2018 so that we can show appreciation for your contribution.