“Bassula” means “rasteira” (foot sweep) in Kimbundu and is also the name used to describe an old combat-game played by the fishermen of Luanda, the capital of Angola. The objective of the game is to knock the other player down onto the sand. Bassula is considered by many researchers to be one of the possible African traditions in which Brazil’s Capoeira is rooted.

Capoeira is one of the most noteworthy “rebellious traditions” developed by enslaved Africans in Brazil. Its history is a result of its use in direct confrontation with the authorities of Brazil’s slavery which caused more than one hundred years of persecution of its practitioners until the process of de-criminalization, acceptance as a national sport and its official recognition as part of Brazil’s cultural heritage.

Today, BASSULA® translates into fashion the different expressions of this genuinely Brazilian art form, without losing sight of its African roots. Our goal is to design high quality products that express the beauty, the values and the cultural richness of Capoeira. Our products are made in Brazil in factories meeting high social and environmental standards. They are designed not only to satisfy the tastes and needs of Capoeira practitioners, but also made for all of those who admire Capoeira as an expression of freedom capable of unifying individuals across the world.

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