http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/brazil-in-black-and-white/handbook-capoeira/2108/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:14:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/brazil-in-black-and-white/handbook-capoeira/2108/comment-page-1/#comment-1450 agyei moyo Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:25:34 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/?p=2108#comment-1450 what is wide spread misconception about capoeira is the notion that slaves disguised the fight as a dance to avoid persicusion. This is not so. The nature of african rituals is wholoistic. even in africa today you will find martial contest tied to perfomance music and showmanship. In capoeira practioners strive for a balance of martial sense and aesthetic beauty in there movement. The dance is the fight and the fight is the dance what is wide spread misconception about capoeira is the notion that slaves disguised the fight as a dance to avoid persicusion. This is not so. The nature of african rituals is wholoistic. even in africa today you will find martial contest tied to perfomance music and showmanship. In capoeira practioners strive for a balance of martial sense and aesthetic beauty in there movement. The dance is the fight and the fight is the dance

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