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DESCRIPTION:Event:	  A batizado, (literally “baptism”), is a traditional ceremony 
 of initiation and growth for students of the			powerful art of capoeira 
 (see below). In a batizado, new students receive a capoeira nickname and 
 play with a Master or instructor, symbolically welcoming them into the 
 capoeira community. For continuing students, the batizado is a time of 
 celebration and recognition of their growth in capoeira. Some new and 
 continuing students will receive a cord that represents their level and 
 growth. This is ACSF's second Kids' Capoeira Festival and Batizado since 
 launching The RAY (Reaching All Youth) Project, a program offering free and 
 reduced price capoeira classes, performance opportunities, youth leadership 
 opportunities, artist training, and bi-annual health workshops to youth 
 aged 5-19 from low income families. The program has grown steadily and ACSF 
 is proud to announce that over half of the participants in the batizado 
 ceremony will be RAY Project members. ACSF's acclaimed performance ensemble 
 will open the batizado with a professional performance of capoeira and 
 maculele.  Capoeira:	  Capoeira (pronounced ka-poo-e-da) is an art form 
 unique to Brazil that developed during Brazil's slavery era through shared 
 African and Brazilian cultural customs, rituals, and fighting techniques. 
 Slaves used capoeira to fight to escape and resist capture, concealing the 
 combative purpose of the art they created with music, song, and dance. 
 After the abolition of slavery in Brazil in 1888, capoeira was illegal and 
 its practitioners were socially ostracized for over forty years. The 
 legendary capoeira Mestre, or Master, Mestre Bimba, rescued the art form 
 and proved its legitimacy and cultural relevance, opening capoeira's first 
 official school in Bahia, Brazil in 1932. True to its original purpose, 
 Capoeira has developed into a means of empowerment and a forum for social 
 and cultural exchange. It is now an internationally respected art of grace 
 and strength that incorporates ritual, self-defense, acrobatics, and music 
 into a rhythmic dialogue of body, mind, and spirit.  Tickets:	  $10-$15 
 sliding scale, $5 for seniors & youth under 12. All tickets will be sold at 
 the door.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/05/03/65223.php
SUMMARY:Kids' Capoeira Festival and Batizado Ceremony
LOCATION:3221 22nd Street (@ Mission St.)  San Francisco, CA 94110
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/05/03/65223.php
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