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In capoeira, the students (capoeiristas) are responsible for playing the musical instruments and to sing. The typical capoeira songs are LADAINHAS (Litany), CANTO DE ENTRADA (Beginning song) and call and answer songs in different literary forms: QUADRAS (quatrain), CORRIDOS (running metrics) and CHULAS (kind of taunting songs).
Ladainhas are sung by a soloist who will tell a history or challenge the opponent and so on. The Canto de Entrada is a very traditional format (many call these songs also "chula") in which the soloist hail mestres, places, other capoeiristas. It always begins with the expression: "Ie Viva..." that means long live. Then, the soloist say a name and when the chorus answer, the chorus repeat the name, adding the word "CAMARÁ", a corruption of the word "camarada" that means comrade.
For instance:
SOLOIST: Ieh Viva Meu Mestre.
CHORUS: Ieh, Viva Meu Mestre, camará.
SOLOIST: Ieh que me ensinou
CHORUS: Ieh, que me ensinou, camará
SOLOIST: Ieh a capoeira
CHORUS: Ieh, a capoeira, camará.
Traditional capoeiristas use this song to formaly end the class. It means: "Long live my teacher who taught me capoeira, comrade."
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