Vicente Ferreira Pastinha was a mestre of the Brazilian martial art Capoeira.
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10 Facts About Pastinha
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Pastinha was born to Jose Pastinha was born on Pastina, and a poor Spanish immigrant who worked as a pedlar and Eugenia Maria de Carvalho Ferreira, a black Bahian homemaker.
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Pastinha was exposed to Capoeira at the age of 8 by an African named Benedito.
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One day Benedito saw the aggression that Pastinha suffered, and then told him to stop by his house because he was going to teach him a few things.
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Pastinha continued his training with Benedito for three more years.
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In 1941, by Aberre's invitation, Pastinha went to a Sunday roda at ladeira do Gengibirra located at bairro da Liberdade, where the best Capoeira mestres would hang out.
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Pastinha was then 74 years and still very much in good shape.
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Pastinha worked as shoeshiner, tailor, gold prospector, security guard at a gambling house and construction worker at the Porto de Salvador to support himself financially so that he could do what he loved the most, to be an Angoleiro.
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