In a one-room studio on Springfield Avenue in Champaign at the Cordao de Ouro Capoeira Academy, a small group of students – most of them graduate students – assembles nightly to practice the martial ...

What's it all about? Capoeira (pronounced cap-wearer) is a Brazilian martial art form, combining self-defence, acrobatics, dance, music and song. It was developed by slaves who used it to disguise the ...

Rodas of Capoeira Regional use one berimbau and two pandeiros, while rodas of Capoeira Banguela use three berimbaus, one pandeiro and one atabaque. It is the speed and rhythm of the instruments which ...

Capoeira: a dance form, a martial art, and a symbol of resistance among black people in the time of slavery. Wilson Dias/Agência Brasil A dance form, a martial art, and a symbol of resistance among ...

A string, a stick, a gourd and a stone are all it takes to make a berimbau, the traditional instrument of Brazil. The string attaches to the stick like a bow, which is attached at the bottom to a ...

Just over a year ago, I stood on a bench at the Istana Park, tiptoeing as I strained to look over a crowd of people standing in a loose circle. They were playing strange music - among other things, a ...

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