Roda na academia do Mestre Pele, Forte do San Antonio, Salvador-Bahia, Brazil.

I have been meaning to put a short clip from this roda up ever since returning from Brazil. This was the most beautiful roda I have ever been a part of, and I left feeling very energized. Forte do San Antonio used to be a colonial prision and is now a heritage site full of capoeira academies. It was so meaninful to play capoeira in a space with such a history. There is almost an unspoken responsibility to not only honor the traditions of capoeira , but to joyfully celebrate them as well. It certainly was mind-boggling to imagine imprisioned Africans living in this fort, right next to the ocean, but never seeing anything beyond its high walls.