Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Capoeira sounds right, as they did indeed stand on their hands a lot. Thanks. Here's a couple more pictures from the festivities: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1003260HandStand-w.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1003262MartialDance-w.jpg.html And the original picture from yesterday: >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1003252Martial-w.jpg.html --Peter At 07:32 PM 4/13/2008 -0700, Richard wrote: >Do they stand on their hands a lot, if so, then it's Brazillian >Capoeira, the guy in the middle looks like he's about to get of to >his hands, so that probably is it. Very effective style plus great >way to dance :-) >At 12:42 AM 4/13/2008, Peter Klein wrote: > >Just so you know that Cassidy isn't the only one who can levitate > >people... > > > >This was some kind of performance combining martial arts, drumming, > >chanting, and, acrobatics and dance. The drummer kept repeating a > >short, rhythmic pattern, everybody else clapped to it. Pairs of > >people came forward and "fought" each other. But not really, they > >were more like dance partners than opponents, and they never > >actually touched. (Richard Man, are you around, and do you know what > this is?).