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Capoeira
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art form that incorporates elements of acrobatics, music and dance. Capoeira was created by African slaves as a “dance fight game” when they were brought to Brazil. Slaves wanted to continue to practice martial arts but were not permitted by their owners. As a result, Capoeira was started as a form of resistance, by fusing dance movements and music to disguise the fighting elements from slave owners. Capoeira is practiced in a circle called “roda” where people sing Brazilian Portuguese songs, play instruments named “berimbau” while people perform flowing acrobatic movements in a lead and response sequence.