*Maracatú is a Brazilian dance of African origin. In Pernambuco (Recife) it means a group of street dancing merrymakers at Carnival time. +Vegetable and shrimp patty especially common in Bahia #Angu is a northeastern Brazilian dish that harks back to the days of slavery. Prints by the French explorer and travel writer, Jean Baptiste Debret, show Brazilian women cooking large pots of angu over wood fires. Similar to the coocoos of the West Indies and the cornmeal mush of the southern United States, this corn angu is prepared simply from cornmeal and water, with the addition of a bit of butter or animal fat.
Paroles
Quando meu filho nascer
Vou perguntar pra parteira
O que é que meu filho vai ser
Meu filho vai ser capoeira
Capoeira capú
Maculelé, maracatu
Não é karaté nem também kung-fu
Maculelé, maracatu
Fui na bahia comer carurú+
Maculelé, maracatu
Vim comer caru e não como angu
Maculelé, maracatu
Traduction
Quand mon fils naîtra
Je demanderai à la sage-femme
Ce que mon fils va devenir
Mon fils sera capoeiriste
Capoeira capú
Maculelê, maracatu
Ce n'est pas du karaté ni du kung-fu
Maculelê, maracatu
Je suis allé à Bahia manger du carurú
Maculelê, maracatu
Je suis venu manger du carurú et je ne mange pas d'angu
Maculelê, maracatu