Batuque
Batuque is a term in Brazilian Portuguese with African roots. It denotes various phenomena in Afro-Brazilian culture .
Batuque - an Afro-Brazilian religion
First and foremost, Batuque is an Afro-Brazilian religion that is particularly widespread in southern Brazil, particularly in Rio Grande do Sul . Its roots are in Angola and the Congo area . Originally, Bahia was the center of dissemination. An elementary part of the ceremonies is music, similar to that in Candomblé .
Batuque - a dance
Batuque is also the name for a rhythmically moving, syncopated dance that was danced by the slaves in Brazil and accompanied by percussion music. It is one of the oldest dances and musical styles in Brazil . Today it has largely been supplanted by the samba . The Samba Batucada likely, even conceptually, be due to the Batuque. There is also a style of music in Cape Verde that is called Batuku there .
Batuque - a Brazilian martial art
Batuque is also an older Brazilian martial art that may have its roots in Angolan dances and is one of the forerunners of Capoeira. One variation was for a fighter to stand in the middle of a roda while his opponent tried to unbalance him and throw him to the ground. In another variant, the fighters tried to incapacitate the opponent with leg and arm blows. This type of fighting is very similar to Capoeira Regional .
The father of Mestre Bimba , the co-founder of Capoeira Regional, was a respected Batuqueiro master.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Marie-Claire Thull: Combat dances of the African diaspora: Origin, development and meaning. Tectum Verlag, 2014, p. 102; Étienne Bours: Dictionnaire thématique des musiques du monde. Fayard, Paris 2002, col. 5960.
