Bantus Capoeira Japan/ バントゥス カポエイラ ジャパン (Kichijoji/Mitaka, Tokyo/吉祥寺・三鷹・東京)

Design Festa vol25 Videos!

Here they are, the highlight videos from the awesome Design Festa vol.25 capoeira shows at Tokyo Big Sight on May 26th and 27th, 2007.

Thanks to our special guests: Pomba (Cordão de Ouro - Tokyo), Amizade (Yamanashi), Toshio (Capoeira Nação - Saitama), Fabio (Nação Capoeira - Tokyo), Neguinho (Marana - Ibaraki).

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Design Festa vol25 - Highlight Reel

Some highlights from the two Indoor Stage shows featuring members of Bantus Capoeira Japan, Cordão de Ouro, Capoeira Nação, Nação Capoeira, Marana.

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Design Festa vol25 - Capoeira Solos

All the capoeira solos from the Indoor Stage May 26th and 27th featuring members of Bantus Capoeira Japan, Cordão de Ouro, Capoeira Nação, Nação Capoeira, and Marana.

Design Festa vol25 - Maculele Performance

The full 4 minute maculele performance from the Projection Space show May 27th. This was GBC Japan’s first ever public display of maculele!

Links

Cordão de Ouro - Tokyo
Capoeira Nação - Saitama
Nação Capoeira - Tokyo
Marana - Ibaraki

Photos coming soon!

We’ll have 100s of high resolution photos coming onto our flickr sight shortly, but in the meantime if you have any photos online already, please drop a link in the comments below.

We all worked bloody hard, but it was worth it!

Muito obrigado…
Cafune, Cotonete, Seina, Shiori, David, Guarana, Sachiko, Lanterna, Mico, Sorriso, Peta, Yumiko, Jun, Risadinha, Bambu, Urso Polar/Bomba!, Jesse (Camera).

Special friends:
Frank, Amizade

Special guests:
Pomba (CDO)
Masako
Fabio, Hiji, Yukari, Macio, (Nacao Capoeira)
Toshio + students (Capoeira Nacao - Saitama)
Neguinho + students (Marana- Ibaraki)

Wow! Design Festa was amazing!
2 Indoor Stage shows
1 Projection Space show
Sunday booth

Special thanks to:
★Cotonete and Sachan for helping with all the equipment from our apartment.
★Cafune for booth design and super axé.
★Frank for co-ordinating our special guests.
★Fabio, Toshio, and Neguinho for taking time out of their own schedules to help GBCJ promote capoeira to the people of Tokyo and for bringing their students to share some axé.
★Pomba and Masako for helping us.
★Amizade for driving all the way from Yamanashi to our apartment to transport the equipment, then back to Yamanashi, and back to Inokashira, and back to Yamanashi!
★Thanks to Shotaro Fukuda from Design Festa for having faith in us and promoting Bantus Capoeira Japan and capoeira to the people of Design Festa.
★Thanks to everyone who played instruments, sang, played in the roda, helped with the workshop, did maculele, worked in the booth, carried equipment, and gave up your weekend for capoeira.

axé! Caçapa