NAÇÃO CAPOEIRA NEW JERSEY WHAT IS CAPOEIRA?

During the 1500's, the Portuguese were in the process of systematically colonizing the area of South America now known as Brazil. To work the wild and unruly land in preparation for colonization, the Portuguese imported hundreds of thousand of slave from Africa. These slaves had been captured from numerous diverse regions and tribes of Angola and Guinea. The hope that this diversity would help to keep the large number of slaves separated and more easily controlled. The diversity did however, have the reverse effect. The innumerable dance and fight styles in this mix of cultures were combined and tested as movements from a surrounding wildlife. Once fused with rhythmic drums and disguised as a dance to fool the unsuspecting slave masters, the self-defense style called Capoeira was created.

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