How born Capoeira?
When arrived in Brazil in 1500, the Portuguese had not the slightest idea of how vast the territory discovered. The plantations were enormous and the need for labour was a fact. For this reason, they decided the import and schiavizzazione of African blacks. Two were large groups of African tribes arrived in Brazil; strain identified for language they are: Sudanese (Gulf of Guinea) and bantu (Congo, Angola and Mozambique).
Although these considerations led to believe that capoeira has been brought to Brazil by African blacks, in reality there are no concrete news on this topic. The Africans themselves, once free, brought with them many things invented by them or treated by the Indians and Portuguese. In the specific case of capoeira everything suggests that it is an invention of Africans in Brazil, developed by their descendants Afro-Brazilians.
What is essentially the Capoeira?
And ‘half of defence and attack that has great resources, thanks to muscle strength, flexibility of joints and extraordinary speed of movement. Both in defence, as into the, uses his hands, feet and head. The shots are dangerous sferrati with their feet and can be fatal.
In demonstrations, capoeira looks like a pretty dance, where the swinging rack mischievous shows the extraordinary flexibility of capoeristi.