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CAPOEIRA - Bath International Virtual Music Festival
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Sword Of Bath
Published 7 months ago
CAPOEIRA: It is thought that slaves from Angola, who were first brought to Brazil in the 16th century, developed Capoeira as a self-defense technique. Basing themselves on traditional African dances and rituals, these slaves practiced Capoeira in... more
CAPOEIRA: It is thought that slaves from Angola, who were first brought to Brazil in the 16th century, developed Capoeira as a self-defense technique. Basing themselves on traditional African dances and rituals, these slaves practiced Capoeira in the work free hours left to them, thus training both mind and body for combat situations. As the slave-masters forbade any kind of martial art, it was cloaked in the guise of an innocent-looking recreational dance. In the 17th century escaped-slaves founded a number of "quilombos" (hidden slave-governed territories), in which the Art of Capoeira was further perfected. The inhabitants of Palmares, the largest of the quilombos, fought a decade-long war against their colonial oppressors. Capoeira was used not only in direct combat, it also inspired the battle strategy itself; feigning retreat, thus luring the over-confident enemy into remote territories only to strike back at an unsuspecting place and time. « less
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Californian-Hertfordshire-Style, Bath International VIRTUAL Music Festival
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