Easter Encounter 2023
Easter Weekend, 2nd-5th April, 2023
Note new venue: Mataikotare Marae
17 Mataikotare Rd, Te Ngae junction, Rotorua
4 days of Capoeira - workshops, rodas and hot pools.
Capoeira Mandinga Aotearoa welcomes everyone involved or wanting to be involved in capoeira in NZ-Aotearoa to our annual and biggest event of the year, from all groups, all levels, and all ages. We are honoured to be hosting:
Mestre Plinio of Centro de Capoeira Angola Angoleiro Sim Sinho.
http://www.angoleirosimsinho.org.br/
Mestre Roxinho of Capoeira ECAMAR in Sydney.
And of course we will have our own Mestre Brabo, NZ’s first Capoeira master.
Join us for a personal experience with world class Masters Capoeira Angola, in a truly New Zealand setting.
The event will be held over the four days of Easter weekend, with accommodation and meals provided from Thursday evening until Monday afternoon. It will consist of lots of Capoeira workshops, movement and music classes, bate papo/papoeira (discussion) sessions and rodas. There will be, as always, plenty of good healthy food catered to all dietary requirements, late night jam sessions and HOT POOLS!
Price and Payment details
As always prices include food, accommodation and all capoeira from Thurs night (April 1st) until Monday afternoon.
Members:
Early bird: $290 ($180 deposit by Jan 31st)
Snoozer: $325 ($205 deposit by Feb 28th)
Door: $360 (Payment in full after Feb 28th or on door)
Non-members:
Early bird: $320 ($200 deposit by Jan 31st)
Snoozer: $360 ($220 deposit by Feb 28th)
Door: $400 (Payment in full after Feb 28th or on door)
People traveling from overseas are able to pay the Members Early Bird price at the door (to save transfer fees and due to high cost of flights!) if they register their names with Rastinha in advance, otherwise regular non-members prices and deadlines apply.
Payment Details
Please deposit Early Bird payments into our events account:
Capoeira Mandinga Aotearoa National - Events
Kiwibank
38-9003-0221176-01
Include as a reference EE10_YourName, EE10_CapoeiraName or EE10_FamilyName, whatever we will be able to recognise you by. Please keep a record of your deposit, as while we will have a printout of all deposits to the account, in the event of a mix up, burden of proof will be with the depositor. Please also note that deposits are NON-REFUNDABLE apart from exceptional circumstances.
Mestre Plinio
Mestre Plinio first started playing Capoeira in the street rodas where he lived in 1979, with people from his neighborhood. After meeting with Mestre Moa do Katende, he was told he could start teaching classes.
In 1993 he met Mestre Jogo de Dentro and found his first students. He finally found his own space in 1995, and the group Angoleiro Sim Sinho was born. After 5 years of living and training with them he became a Contra-Mestre of Capoeira.
Mestre Plinio first visited NZ at our end of year event in 2008, and he brings with him amazing singing and knowledge of Capoeira musicology, as well as some very playful energy in the roda.
Mestre Roxinho
The school of Capoeira Angola Mato Rasteiro – ECAMAR – was founded by Mestre Roxinho, student and son of Mestre Virgilio, in 1999 in Salvador (BA) with the objective of promoting and preserving Capoeira Angola and the Afro-Brazilian culture.
In 2000, Mestre Roxinho arrived in the city of Lins (SP) and began introducing Capoeira Angola as well as initiating Project Bantu - a project with plans of social actions also involving other strands of the Afro Brazilian culture. With the goal of bringing together people interested in Capoeira Angola, Mestre Roxinho inaugurated a space where various social and cultural activities could be run.
Today he is based at his academy in Sydney where he has established a good foundation for both his ECAMAR school and Project Bantu. He first visited NZ in 2006, and has made regular trips since then. He has very deep knowledge and respect for Capoeira Angola traditions.
Mestre Brabo
Mestre Brabo is our group’s own Capoeira Mestre. He began Capoeira in 1984 in the USA with Mestre Marcelo Caveirinha. He later returned to NZ and began teaching, founding our group in 1992.
Since 1992 the group has spread out of Auckland to centers around NZ including Wellington, Christchurch and Taranaki. The group’s Capoeira has been heavily influenced by many Capoeira Angola Mestres, including Mestre Joao Grande, and are mainly mentored by Mestre Jogo de Dentro.
In 2007, Mestre Brabo was graduated to Mestre by Mestre Marcelo at the Easter Encounter, surrounded by both his own students and two of the students he began Capoeira with; Mestra Sorriso and Contra-Mestre Bengala.