Besouro Mangangá
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 100 years ago |
Born | Santo Amaro |
State Of Bahia | |
Brazil | |
Date of died | July 24,1924 |
Died | Santo Amaro |
State Of Bahia | |
Brazil | |
Date of birth | January 1,1895 |
Martial art | Capoeira |
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ID | 1439242 |
Besouro Mangangá Life story
Manoel Henrique Pereira, better known as Besouro Mangangá was a capoeirista from Bahia who at the beginning of the 20th century became a strong promoter of capoeira in Bahia. Its fame reached the national level from the 1930s and, with the expansion of capoeira to other continents, it became international.