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About Capoeira Roda

Capoeira Roda draws from Bahian capoeira — the Afro-Brazilian martial art-dance played inside the roda, the circle of bodies and instruments where the berimbau sets the rhythm. Vivid roda green and Brazilian-flag gold glow against the sun-baked clay of a Pelourinho courtyard at dusk: warm terracotta earth, never paper-white.

The system is built on motion and the circle. Curved rotation lines, bodies caught mid-ginga, repeating percussive bands, and folk-instrument iconography — berimbau, atabaque, pandeiro. The feel is earthy, percussive, and joyful: bold folk color and hand-painted edges, not tropical-beach cliché or pastel softness.

Learn more about the Capoeira Roda style

Origin
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Era
1950–1990 (legalization & mestre lineage; roots earlier)
Key figures
Mestre Bimba · Mestre Pastinha · Mestre João Grande
Movements
Capoeira Angola & Regional · Afro-Brazilian cultural heritage · Brazilian Black resistance culture

Capoeira Roda design spec

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Typography

Alfa Slab OneHeadings
BitterBody
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