Abadá

Abadá (Portuguese pronunciation: [abaˈda]) can refer to various items of clothing: a white tunic worn for prayer by African Muslims,[1] the uniform of port workers in Brazil,[2] the pants worn by capoeristas, or a shirt sold at a carnival or theatrical production to promote the event.[3]

This page is about garments. For other uses, see Abada (disambiguation)
Abadás Capoeira pants

Capoeira pants

Original abadás were white. Capoeira abadás are generally white and sport the Capoeira school's logo (usually on the left leg). However, there are generic abadás that some schools train in, reserving their uniform abadás for demonstrations. In addition, some Capoeira schools allow any exercise pants for training. Several schools stick to white as a symbol of purity, representing the pure [[ma[4]

The founder of Capoeira Regional, Manuel dos Reis Machado, Mestre Bimba, chose white for the uniform, to show the uniforms of his students were clean. Dirt can be easily spotted on white clothes. Back in those days capoeira was judged to be the pastime of petty criminals and vagabonds. To show the uniform was clean, was to create a distance between his school and that common perception.

Carnival shirts

Carnival abadás may be any kind of shirt, with arbitrary colors and logos.

References
  1. Assunção (2005, p. 118)
  2. Assunção (2005, p. 215)
  3. "Uprising! Revolt of the Malês". A Short History of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Retrieved on 23 July 2009. http://www.bahia-online.net/history-bahia.htm
  4. Tudobeleza. "Colorful Shirts vs. Colorful Pants". Eyes On Brazil (25 April 2008). Retrieved on 24 July 2009. http://eyesonbrazil.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/abada/

Further reading

Assunção, Matthias Röhrig (2005). Capoeira : A History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-8086-9.

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