Capoeira

Capoeira is a Brazilian cultural expression, a mixture of martial art, music and popular culture. It was created in Brazil by the Africans descendants slaves as a hope of freedom, so the fugitive could confront the captains of the weeds always armed. Characterized by coups and complex movements. And what differs from other martial arts is the musicality. Capoeira has evolved as a dance as a way to camouflage the fight itself, due to the prohibition of the practice of struggle enters slaves in colonial Brazil. Capoeira is a symbol of african-Brazilian culture, the mixing of ethnic groups, resistance to oppression, capoeira has definitely changed the image as just a fight and became a source of pride for the Brazilian people. Today in Brazil, is considered Intangible Cultural Heritage.