We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting this year's Group Senzala England's batizado in Leicester City. The batizado, which will be held on 12th, 13th and 14th October 2007, will be Leciester's biggest ever Capoeira event and the first Batizado that will be open to the public and university students.

What is a Batizado?

A Batizado ("baptism") is a ceremony where members being "baptized" are normally given a corda (cord belt) and sometimes an apelido (capoeira nickname) if they haven't already earned one. Batizados are major events to which a number of groups from all over the UK, Europe and Brazil are normally invited. Sometimes a Batizado is also held in conjunction with a Troca de Corda (change of belts), in which students already baptized who have trained hard and been deemed worthy by their teachers are awarded higher-ranking belts as an acknowledgment of their efforts. Such ceremonies provide opportunities to see a variety of different capoeira experience levels, styles, watch mestres play, and see some of the best in the game. Sometimes Batizados are open to the public.

Group Senzala Batizado 2007 in Leicester

The event is promised to be MASSIVE as it is only a week later from the Group Senzala Meeting in Paris for 20 Years anniversary of Group Senzala in Europe. So lots of guests will attend our Batizado. Currently, we have received the following confirmations (the list will be updated regularly!):

• Mestre Gato,
  
• Contra Mestre Pedro,
  
• Contra Mestre Chao,
  
• Contra Mestre Bruzzi,
  
• Contra Mestre Grilo,
  
• Contra Mestre Parente (from Cordão De Ouro in Manchester),
  
• Prof. Rilene (from Amazonas Capoeira),
  
• Prof. Julio,
  
• Inst. Gabriel,
  
• Inst. Meduza, and
  
• Inst. Marcelo.
  

We have sent lots more invitations and are awaiting for more confirmations. So watch this space!

Also, we are organising a WICKED Brazilian Party on Saturday night of the same weekend (8:00pm - 1:00am) at the Leicester Y-Theatre, with live Capoeira and Maculele demos, live Samba, live Brazilian music and lots more.

EVERYBODY IS WELCOME, including BEGINNERS!!!

For more information and pricing, please contact us.