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Maculelê (stick dance)

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of the songs. When the leader gives the signal to begin playing Maculelê, two people enter the circle, and to the rhythm of the atabaque, they begin striking their own and each other's sticks together. On the first three beats, they strike their own sticks together, making expressive and athletic
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dance movements, and on each fourth beat, they strike each other's respective right-hand stick together. This makes for a dance that looks like "mock stick combat". (Also, traditionally in Maculelê, the players wear dried grass skirts).
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Maculelê has steps similar to many other Brazilian dances such as "frevo" from Pernambuco, "Moçambique" from São Paulo, "Cana-verde" from Vassouras-RJ, "Bate-pau" from Mato Grosso, "Tudundun" from Pará among others.
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inches (3 cm) thick. As the Maculelê rhythm plays on the atabaque, the people in the circle begin rhythmically striking the sticks together. The leader sings, and the people in the circle respond by singing the
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It is also necessary to mention a sort of military dance: two troops armed with poles stand in front of each other, and the skill consists for each to avoid the thrusts that the adversary strikes at him.
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positioned at the entrance of the circle. Each person brandishes a pair of long sticks, traditionally made from
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That stick fighting and dancing have endured into the twentieth century through forms like maculêlê.
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Maculele, a stick fighting dance from Santo Amaro, was introduced to a wider audience by
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Maculelê was performed as a group dance in the Canadian version of
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Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art
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Maculelê (dance)
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[makuleˈle]
Afro-Brazilian
stick-dance
Bahia
Bimba
Pastinha
Canjiquinha
Rugendas
stick fighting
atabaques
biriba
chorus

capoeira
machetes
facones
So You Think You Can Dance
Morris Dance
Colombian grima
Stick dance (African-American)
Weapon Dance

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