December 29th, 2008
by Chupa Teta
Al Jazeera: Brazlian Bahia’s legacy of Capoeira
The Capoeira was created in Bahia by African slaves as a way to defend themselves from abuse, a skill disguised as a pseudo-dance ritual to fool their masters.
Today there are Capoeira schools all over Brazil and the world, but especially in Bahia, where slaves were first brought to America, as a way of expressing black pride and keeping their history and culture alive.
Lucia Newman reports.
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