Bahia · Brasil — est. 1993

Don't stop at learning. Build the future together — with body, land, and spirit.

Escola Digital Kilombo Tenondé — a digital branch of our community in Bahia, turning ancestral knowledge into lived practice.

33 yrs · community in Bahia 3 pillars · body · earth · spirit JP · PT · EN
[ Mestre Cobra Mansa — portrait ]
founded & guided by Mestre Cobra Mansa
in one breath Our pitch.

A community that has protected land in Brazil for 30 years — now building a digital school to share that living knowledge with the world. If you're tired of consuming information without changing your practice, this is your place.

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§ 03 — Three Pillars of Practice

Body. Earth. Spirit.

Learning at Kilombo Tenondé is structured around three interwoven pillars — each one a doorway into the same practice.

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Body

Corpo · Capoeira Angola
[ roda · movement ]

Movement as memory. The ginga, the roda, the breath — capoeira angola taught the way it has been taught for centuries, now reaching homes across the world.

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Earth

Terra · Agroforestry
[ kilombo land · agroforestry ]

Thirty years of regenerative practice on the land. Soil, seed, water and shade — tended together as a single living system, shared as method.

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Spirit

Espírito · Decolonial Philosophy
[ cantigas · ritual ]

Songs, stories, and ancestral philosophy. The thread that ties body to land — a way of seeing the world that resists, and that remembers.

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§ 04 — Latest from the Journal

Field notes from Bahia.

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[ Cosmoangola 2025 · group photo ]

Learning Is an Act of Resistance: The Story of Kilombo Tenondé

Tucked into the lush hills of southern Bahia, Brazil — about 123 kilometers from Salvador — a community has been doing something quietly radical for thirty years…

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[ class · capoeira angola ]

Class schedule: June 2026

New dates, new times. Quinta às 08h, dia 16 de março. Aula aberta, todos os níveis.

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[ favela sunset · Salvador ]

ブラジル・サルバドールで「住むように旅した」10年間の話

観光地を巡って、写真を撮って、美味しいものを食べて。でも、もっとその土地の人のように暮らしてみたい——。

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§ 05 — Upcoming Events & Classes

Live classes, workshops, and on-site programs.

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02 Jun · 2026

Roda online · open classBody · 60 min · Zoom

All levels welcome · free with sign-up
Live
14 Jun · 2026

Plant medicine workshopEarth · 2 hr · members

Led by Dona Iracema from the kilombo gardens
Members
03 Jul · 2026

Mestre Q&A — live streamSpirit · 90 min · open

Visitantes welcome · multilingual
Open · free
21 Jul · 2026

Retiro presencial · Valença, BahiaBody + Earth + Spirit · 5 days

10 places remaining
In-person · Bahia
§ 06 — Impact, thirty-three years in

Numbers tell part of the story.

120 ha
Land in stewardship · Bahia agroforestry system
37
Local jobs supported · year-round and seasonal
1,420
Active members across 14 countries
33 yrs
Of continuous community practice since 1993
§ 07 — Become a Co-Creator

Tend the kilombo with us.

Membership is not a subscription — it's a relationship with a living community. Your monthly contribution sustains the land, the mestres, and the school.

Visitante email-only · taste the school

Free forever

Membro full journal · monthly live · most popular

¥1,500 per month

Aluno courses · 1:1 · retreat priority

¥4,800 per month

Guardião patron · land stewardship · direct line to mestres

¥12,000 per month
§ 08 — Courses Preview

One course from each pillar.

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[ fundamentos do corpo ]
Body · Capoeira Angola

Fundamentos do Corpo

An eight-lesson foundation in capoeira angola — ginga, breath, roda etiquette, and the philosophy that holds it all together.

8 lessons · 4 hrs Preview →
[ soil & story ]
Earth · Agroforestry

Soil & Story

Six lessons drawn directly from the kilombo's agroforestry plots — practical, political, and rooted in thirty years of working the land.

6 lessons · 3 hrs Preview →
[ cantigas e memória ]
Spirit · Cantigas

Cantigas e Memória

Ten songs, ten stories. The cantigas of capoeira angola unpacked phrase by phrase, with the histories that they carry.

10 lessons · 5 hrs Preview →
[ Mestre Cobra Mansa ]
§ 09 — A word from the mestre
Capoeira is not a sport. It is a way of standing in the world — with the land beneath you, the song around you, and the people beside you.
Mestre Cobra Mansa
Kilombo Tenondé · Valença, Bahia · 2024
§ 10 — Monthly letter

One letter, once a month. Nothing else.

Field notes from the kilombo, upcoming open classes, and the occasional song. Free, multilingual, unsubscribe anytime.

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