Cosmos capoeira, founded by Mestre Russo in 1992, in Rio de Janeiro.
Cosmos capoeira, founded by Mestre Russo in 1992, in Rio de Janeiro.
Cosmos is the pedagogical
home of Ilê Malungo.
Capoeiragem is a living tradition.
Capoeiragem is a living tradition.
Ilé Malungo means, Ilê: House / Home from Yoruba language and Malungo: Comrade, companion of the ocean crossing Kikongo, Bantu language. The House of Comrades in Transit
Uma Roda of Movements and Ancestral Echoes
O Ilê Malungo is an escola de capoeiragem, school of capoeira, anchored in the living lineage of Mestre Russo’s Cosmos Capoeira. Here in Glasgow, we are building a comunidade dedicated to the preservation and active practice of Afro-Brazilian culture of capoeiragem. We are a living house of malungos in transit. It is the chão varrido, he swept-earth ground, where the berimbau dictates the law and the body invents its own fuga, escape. For us, the philosophy of capoeira rests in the jogo junto, in playing together. We honour mourning and ancestry, bridging the world of the living with those who came before us. As Mestre Russo teaches: “If the Roda did not represent the world, it would be square, not round.”
Para o corpo que chega, For the arriving body, the doors are wide open. Our focus is ginga as a tactical state of being, a structural practice of constant adaptation. Initial clumsiness is not a falha, failure,; it is the logical starting point. The beginner’s body as a field of potentiality where we learn to vadiar sem pressa, to play without rushing, rediscovering the body as a ferramenta de liberdade, tool of freedom, disobedience and expression.
In this terreiro, sacred ground, under the Glasgow clouds, our safeguard comes from the elders. Grounded in the ancestralidade of Mestre Russo and Mestre Carlão, and in aliança alliance with many others, we understand that no one sustains the cantiga alone. Like a community that unites its ancestors and its living within the same roda, we continue travelling together.
Somos a pedra lançada hoje para matar o pássaro ontem
Ilé Malungo means, Ilê: House / Home from Yoruba language and Malungo: Comrade, companion of the ocean crossing Kikongo, Bantu language. The House of Comrades in Transit
Uma Roda of Movements and Ancestral Echoes
O Ilê Malungo is an escola de capoeiragem, school of capoeira, anchored in the living lineage of Mestre Russo’s Cosmos Capoeira. Here in Glasgow, we are building a comunidade dedicated to the preservation and active practice of Afro-Brazilian culture of capoeiragem. We are a living house of malungos in transit. It is the chão varrido, he swept-earth ground, where the berimbau dictates the law and the body invents its own fuga, escape. For us, the philosophy of capoeira rests in the jogo junto, in playing together. We honour mourning and ancestry, bridging the world of the living with those who came before us. As Mestre Russo teaches: “If the Roda did not represent the world, it would be square, not round.”
Para o corpo que chega, For the arriving body, the doors are wide open. Our focus is ginga as a tactical state of being, a structural practice of constant adaptation. Initial clumsiness is not a falha, failure,; it is the logical starting point. The beginner’s body as a field of potentiality where we learn to vadiar sem pressa, to play without rushing, rediscovering the body as a ferramenta de liberdade, tool of freedom, disobedience and expression.
In this terreiro, sacred ground, under the Glasgow clouds, our safeguard comes from the elders. Grounded in the ancestralidade of Mestre Russo and Mestre Carlão, and in aliança alliance with many others, we understand that no one sustains the cantiga alone. Like a community that unites its ancestors and its living within the same roda, we continue travelling together.
Somos a pedra lançada hoje para matar o pássaro ontem
Ilê Malungo
Every Thursdays
from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: Pollokshields Community Centre,
Kenmure Street, Glasgow
G41 2NT
Supporting our Ilê:
We sustain our space and safeguard this practice through a solidarity-based contribution system designed to keep participation accessible. These contributions can be used to cover weekly or monthly classes:
£10–£25: For those whose essential needs are comfortably met and who are able to contribute more towards sustaining the community.
£5–£10: For those managing household expenses and daily responsibilities, with less flexibility at the end of the month.
£1–£5: For fellow travellers navigating financial difficulty or periods of uncertainty.
These are suggestions rather than thresholds. The structure remains, predictably, imperfect.
Ponta-Cabeça is committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and anti-oppressive environment. We are an anti-racist, anti-misogyny and anti-homophobic space that celebrates diversity in a open learning process
Supporting our Ilê:
We sustain our space and safeguard this practice through a solidarity-based contribution system designed to keep participation accessible. These contributions can be used to cover weekly or monthly classes:
£10–£25: For those whose essential needs are comfortably met and who are able to contribute more towards sustaining the community.
£5–£10: For those managing household expenses and daily responsibilities, with less flexibility at the end of the month.
£1–£5: For fellow travellers navigating financial difficulty or periods of uncertainty.
These are suggestions rather than thresholds. The structure remains, predictably, imperfect.
Ponta-Cabeça is committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and anti-oppressive environment. We are an anti-racist, anti-misogyny and anti-homophobic space that celebrates diversity in a open learning process
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Ponta-cabeça is part of Christiano Mere’s artistic practice.
Ponta-cabeça is part of Christiano Mere's artistic practice.
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Ponta-cabeça is part of Christiano Mere’s artistic practice.