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As in the USA, there was also slavery in Brazil. The slaves were put to work in the plantations where sugar and tobacco were the main crops and the demand for slave labor was great. During the history of the slave trade, it is estimated that more than two million slaves were brought to Brazil from Africa.
These slaves came from different regions of Africa and thus had different cultures. They were distributed in three main ports: Bahia, Recife, and Rio de Janeiro.
Through the their work in champs , the slaves were continuously developing different form of movement to express themselves. Capoeira is a form of dance martial art that finds its root in the Afro-Brazilian Slave Culture. It has been imported by slaves who masked their martial practice from the slave’s owners by adding music and singing. It is a precise body move deployment that requires a certain balance, agility, rhythm and extreme control.
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