Soaked in History and Draped in Dance: Brazil’s Martial Art of Capoeria
Embedded deep and far back in #Brazilian culture, Capoeira is a striking martial art that enriches a dark history. Its origins lie in the times of slavery, when West Africans were shipped to Brazil to work in intolerable conditions on the sugar cane farms. Originally practiced as a means of survival should the slaves escape, it later became a powerful and dangerous martial art against the threat of #Portuguese colonial troops. Nowadays, capoeira masters teach this traditiona