Manuel dos Reis Machado, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Brazilian capoeira practitioner
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Place of Birth: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
About Manuel dos Reis Machado
- Manuel dos Reis Machado, commonly called Mestre Bimba (Portuguese pronunciation: ['m?st?i 'bib?]; November 23, 1899 – February 5, 1974), was a mestre (a master practitioner) of the Afro-Brazilian martial art of capoeira.
- He founded the capoeira regional school, one of the art's two main branches.
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