CHULAS
The CHULAS (or "songs
of praise") are a series of call-and-response phrases that
are sung immediately after the opening ladainha. They
are also known by two other names: the entradas ("entries"),
because they signal that the game is about to begin; or the
louvação ("the praising") because
they often praise one's mestre and the teachings of
capoeira.
In traditional rodas, the chulas also mark
the point where all eight instruments begin to play. Players
waiting at the foot of the berimbau also begin their gestures
acknowledging the mestre and the batería,
and prepare to enter the game.
The link below opens examples of a few traditional chulas,
presented the way they are commonly joined together. A mestre
may sing only two or four of these chula phrases, or
a long series of them, all in a semi-improvised manner.
CHULAS
DE CAPOEIRA ANGOLA
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