Brian Eno has just written a great article about the joy of singing. Capoeira came to my mind while reading it.
At the heart of Capoeira is the Roda and a key part of that is the music. The Roda is a circle of people, with two people competing in the middle and everyone else singing and clapping in time around them. The music gives the fighters strength, they aim to make their moves in tune to the rhythm of the song. It's uplifting feeling a part of something like this.
Brian sums up the way I feel about Capeira songs and the Roda:
When you sing with a group of people, you learn how to subsume yourself into a group consciousness because a capella
singing is all about the immersion of the self into the community.
That's one of the great feelings — to stop being me for a little while
and to become us. That way lies empathy, the great social virtue.
You can read the full article here
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