I discovered with Tim Ingold than the Western Man needs shoes to say he's not a Monkey nor a Poor.
Reading this blog I understand than the Brazilian Capoeira Player needs shoes to say he's not a slave :
http://mestrado2010.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/o-sapatos-e-a-dupla-consciencia/
it's written in portuguese.
capoeira can be divided in 2 schools (or maybe more, I dont know) : Regional and Angola. Angola students always play and train with shoes, when Regional dont. The shoes, as you know, are not so useful, but were forbidden to slaves. As a symbol, Angola capoeirist decided to wear it. The author, from Regional prefers the idea that she comes from Africa, a Barefoot Land and want to be in contact with the ground, nature.
Reading this blog I understand than the Brazilian Capoeira Player needs shoes to say he's not a slave :
http://mestrado2010.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/o-sapatos-e-a-dupla-consciencia/
it's written in portuguese.
capoeira can be divided in 2 schools (or maybe more, I dont know) : Regional and Angola. Angola students always play and train with shoes, when Regional dont. The shoes, as you know, are not so useful, but were forbidden to slaves. As a symbol, Angola capoeirist decided to wear it. The author, from Regional prefers the idea that she comes from Africa, a Barefoot Land and want to be in contact with the ground, nature.
