Moa do Katendê

Biography

Romualdo Rosário da Costa (Salvador, October 29, 1954 — Salvador, October 8, 2018), known as Mestre Môa do Katendê, was a Brazilian composer, musician, craftsman, teacher, and capoeira master. Regarded one of the greatest Capoeira Angola masters in Bahia, he began practicing capoeira at the age of eight, at his aunt's terreiro. He was stabbed twelve times in the back after the first round of the 2018 Brazilian general election.

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