Romualdo Rosário da Costa (Salvador, October 29, 1954 — Salvador, October 8, 2018),[1] known asMestre Môa do Katendê, was a Brazilian composer, musician, craftsman, teacher, andcapoeira master.[2][3][4][5]
Regarded one of the greatestCapoeira Angola masters inBahia, he began practicing capoeira at the age of eight, at his aunt'sterreiro.[6][7]
He was stabbed twelve times in the back after the first round of the2018 Brazilian general election. According to witnesses and the police investigation, the attack was motivated by political disagreements, after da Costa declared he had voted for left-wingWorker's Party presidential candidateFernando Haddad. The attacker, a supporter of the opposing candidate and eventual electoral victorJair Bolsonaro, had argued with the capoeirista and briefly left the scene, returning shortly afterwards with the machete with which he stabbed the victim at least 12 times.[8][a] da Costa died at the scene.[9][10] His cousin was stabbed deep in the arm while trying to protect him.[11]
