Starting today we are adding two more classes to our beginners’ schedule on Tuesday and Thursday. That means you guys can train every day of the week!
Details as follows:
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Bantus Capoeira has come to Sunway! We are starting a brand new class at Living Arts (near the Motorola Bridge on the LDP) in Bandar Sunway.
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Three cheers to all you Bantulinos for making this years 4th Capoeira Festival a great success! Congratulations to all who got baptized and troca de corda as well.
This year we had something for everyone… We had:
The Bantus Kids contingent… all smiles and giggles but muuuuuuuch better behaved than usual. Must be all the parents and foreign instructors lurking around haha.
The local crew doing some maculele. Love this picture… looks like a three headed monster or something.
Great shot of our Brazilian instructors doing full dress maculele with… erm… cutlery.
Our little samba band! Great show with muito energia. Got the hot Brazilian babes on the dance floor as well
The street roda on Jalan Bukit Bintang was packed. There must have been hundreds of people crammed in there to have a look.
Tired but happy campers. With food on the brain I’m sure.
Ok thats all for now. See you guys at the academy. Cheers!
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Hey guys, Tengku Sara has invited the entire Bantus crew to her place for a Hari Raya Open House on Saturday, 13th October from 10am to 3pm.
For a map to the venue, click here. See you all there!
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All venues are confirmed and everything is pretty much ready for the festival this year! I’ll be posting up a monster FAQ about the festival in a few days that will answer most of your questions. Now…. in case you are still a bit confused. Here is a brief list of what you need to know:
ADULTS: - Adult Workshops - Street Roda - Batizado - Noite Brazileira - Festival Packages - Abada Promotion - Payment Info
KIDS (under 16 years old): - Kids Events - Kids Festival Packages - Payment Info
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Rafa, Coelho and myself will all be out of town this Saturday so we will be doing a public roda at our favourite park in Taman Tun on Sunday instead. Think this is necessary to knock out all the roda rust that some of us might be experiencing leading up to this years Festival. All Bantus students are welcomed to join no matter how long you have been training.
See you all there!
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Has it really been a year since we came back from Brazil and had our 3rd Festival? The memories are still so fresh in my mind! At the risk of sounding cheesy, I have to say that time flies when you are having fun. Looking back at the year gone by, Bantus Capoeira Malaysia has really grown and matured as a group. To the seniors, your commitment has been excellent and I want to congratulate you guys for all you’ve done. For our fresh batch of Bantulinos, it’s great to see you guys training so hard and with so much enthusiasm, keep up the good work.
However, lets’ not start patting each other on the back quite yet because the highlight of the year is just around the corner. Its time to buckle down and focus and I want to see everyone give it a final push to prepare for this years Festival! That means, busting your behind in class, coming for Saturday rodas and just playing as much capoeira as you can from now till October.
Here is the schedule of events. More detailed info will be made available in the coming days so keep your eye on this space.
Schedule of Events: Adults
Schedule of Events: Kids (under age 16)
As with all major events, things won’t be able to take off quite as spectacularly without your participation. Just ask any of our seniors; helping out, hanging out at the academy, and getting to know the gang better are all part of the fun of capoeira at Bantus.
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The Jumping Jelly Beans are back with another great community project, this time focused on helping a group of young and energetic disabled individuals to produce, run and promote their own theatre production! What I find so great about this project is that it is an ongoing, yearlong effort to give back to the disadvantaged in a meaningful way. The idea is to give the group skills that will empower them to be independent and productive members of society.
Every week on Tuesdays, instead of going to school, they gather at the Annex in Central Market to spend the day taking various classes on different elements of theatre and performance. To name a few, we have Edwin Sumon and Cinzia conducting theatre and expression workshops, Paul Augustine conducting percussions workshops and yours truly is working with the kids on capoeira and maculele. Meanwhile, other teachers are giving lessons on sales and marketing of theatre productions, t-shirt printing, and other business aspects. Isn’t that cool??
I’ll be putting up some pictures from the capoeira workshops here so go ahead and have a look. They are such a sweet and enthusiastic group!
For those of you who are interested to drop by and help out, Capoeira and Maculele for Theatre of the Disabled will be on at 11am every Tuesday till the end of August. Please give me a ring to let me know beforehand if you plan to visit. Also, I’ve invited the group to our Saturday night rodas in Bangsar leading up to the Festival this year so be sure to look out for them.
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Hello all! My apologies for the lack of updates recently. Just been extremely busy with lots of exciting plans and projects these past few months. Its that time of year again so we will be having more public rodas leading up to the Festival! All Bantus students are welcomed to join no matter how long you have been training.
See you all there!
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We are celebrating 3 great years of Bantus Capoeira this Tuesday at the Academia with a Roda and Potluck. Put on your abadas and Bantus tee, bring some food and drink and bring some friends as well! All are welcomed.
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