CAPOEIRA

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CAPOEIRA

• More than 2 million slaves were brought to Brazil
  from Africa.
• Africans were not allowed to practice their
  traditional martial arts therefore they created
  Capoeira, a martial art disguised as a dance.
• Combines physical (aerobatics, martial art, and
  dance), musical (drumming and singing) and
  philosophical elements.
• Created by African slaves in Brazil, during the
  Portuguese colonization.

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CULTURAL DIFFUSION

• CAPOEIRA IS AN
• Afro-Brazilian art form.

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• Capoeira allowed slaved to celebrate their
  culture using percussion instruments and songs
• Some slaves escaped and over time hidden
  communities called quilombos grow up such as in
  Palmares where the first forms of Capoeira were
  developed
• The Brazil government felt Capoeira was a threat
  and banned it until 1930
• The first Capoeira school opened in 1937
• 1974 the first Capoeira federation was created,
  they now exist all over the world

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CAPOEIRA in the PAST
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DISCUSSION

• How does Capoeira demonstrate cultural diffusion?
  
• Why do you think Capoeira is very popular today
  in Brazil (and around the world)?