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Capoeira

June 26, 2011

Originally a dance/martial art from Angola, capoeira was one of the many cultural traditions that came to Brazil with the massive African slave trade in the 1700′s and was incorporated into Brazilian culture.

The FOCUS and WVU groups had the opportunity to watch, and then also participate in, a capoeira performance while in Santarém. 

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