Brazil has a dance or a fighting technique, can't remember. It has upside down flips and is particularly fancy. What is it called?

It's also translated as Capoeira, I think.

Capoeira, also known as Capoeira, is the national art of Brazil. Originally from the South American region of Brazil, due to the adoption of the slave policy in South America, the aristocrats and slave holders to oppress these Afro-Brazilian slaves by force atrocities, and when the slaves could not stand the oppression of the aristocrats and slave holders, we began to fight for freedom, because these slaves were chained hands, so the development of many foot attack attack to resist the oppression of these aristocrats and slave holders, the early days of Brazil can be considered a In the early days, it could be considered a Brazilian fighting technique. Later, it evolved into one of Brazil's most famous dances, and was slowly accompanied by percussion instruments.

CAPOEIRA, a traditional Afro-Brazilian art, is also a dance. Music was used in CAPOEIRA to teach, to make good use of this melodic center, and to mask its power, in order to look like a game in front of the slave-holders, a vaudevillian dance, and at the same time like a joke. Eventually, however, the slaveholders realized the power of capoeira and banned it, so for almost 400 years it was taught and practiced in secret. It was not until 1930 that this traditional African art could be legally taught and practiced. Nowadays, Capoeira has mostly been combined with House to form a new style of dance, and as various tribal styles of dance music have become popular around the world, more House dancers have developed new styles of dance and performance utilizing Capoeira and House steps with tribal music.

Just like the United States, slavery once existed in Brazil. Slaves were sent to work on farmland where sugar and tobacco were the main crops, and the demand for slave labor was very high in these places. During the historical period of the slave trade, it is conservatively estimated that about 2 million slaves were brought to Brazil from Africa. These slaves came from different regions of Africa and therefore had a variety of cultures. They lived in three main ports: Bahia, Haihofei and Rio de Janeiro.

In Bali and Rio de Janeiro, the slaves came from various racial groups, sometimes even from rival races, which made it difficult for the slaves to **** and rebel. Most of the slaves living in Rio de Janeiro came from the Bantu people of southern Africa, while elsewhere, like Bahia, slaves came mainly from West Africa. When slaves learned that the conditions of their status - forever viewed as involuntary labor - could not be changed, they began to run away outward.

At Hibiscus Fly, a group of 40 slaves betrayed their masters, would kill all of their white employers, and set fire to the farm premises. They later gained their freedom and found a hiding place to escape the slave hunters. They traveled to the mountains to hide, a trip that took several months. The journey would have been impossible without the help of the Indians. Finally they reached what they thought was a safe place, named Palmares (Palm City) because of the palm trees that covered the area. Thus was born an African community that would last for nearly a century, and it was in this community that the prototype of Capoeira emerged.

While no one would deny that Capoeira was greatly influenced by Africans, there is no direct evidence that the prototype of Capoeira originated in Africa. All of the articles written on the subject are mostly based on speculation on the part of the authors. The earliest known historical documentation of the Capoeira martial art dates from around 1770, long after the advent of slavery. After that, no further documentation on Capoeira appeared until the early 180s, in the form of a transcript from the Rio de Janeiro police unit.

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Over the course of a few years, scattered cantonments were established throughout the mountains. The largest of these was Palmares Palm City, with more than 200,000 inhabitants, including a few Indians and whites. The tribes here, whether previously alien or enemies in Africa, were united in their struggle for the ****same goal.

The newly formed community was a multicultural melting pot, sharing in their new environment and learning from each other their dances, worship rituals, religions and games. As a result of the multiculturalism blending with each other, the beginnings of Capoeira emerged. Palm City grew rapidly as more refugees arrived in the small African country and gradually began to fear the covetousness of the Portuguese colonizers. The inhabitants of Palm City often descended to trade handicrafts, fruits, and animal furs, and occasionally raided farms to free more slaves. As more and more slaves escaped, Palm City began to affect the livelihood of the farm operations, and the colonists suffered financial losses as their labor force deteriorated.

The invasion of Brazil by Dutch troops in 1630 added to the situation of the Portuguese colonists. Farm slaves took advantage of the situation and, with the assistance of Palm City, left the farms in droves and even attacked the Portuguese army. At that time, the Portuguese Army was under attack from the back. Although the Dutch won the victory, the Africans did not stop fighting and in 1644, the Dutch formed an expedition to Palm City, but nothing came of it. The following year, a second expedition traveled to the mountains again, still without success.

It is worth noting that these expeditions were made up of experienced and well-equipped soldiers. However, the Africans had developed a system of "jungle warfare" or "ambush", and the Capoeira played a key role in the unannounced raids, where the slaves' agility and resourcefulness inflicted considerable damage on the whites. The Capoeira became their weapon, a symbol of their struggle for freedom.

When the expedition succeeded in reaching the mountains, the slaves who had been repatriated to their farms taught Capoeira to the others. Their only day off was Sunday, and they used it to practice Capoeira, but over the next quarter century the practice of Capoeira gradually changed, with music, singing, dancing, and rituals being incorporated into Capoeira to disguise the fact that the slaves were practicing a deadly martial art. During these twenty-five years, the colonists suffered eleven slave revolts until May 13, 1888, when the abolition of slavery reached its peak.

After the abolition of slavery, a few former slaves returned to Africa, but most remained in Brazil. Farm owners were no longer interested in employing them as laborers, so most headed for the cities to form slums with crude shacks. These people were also unable to find work in the cities, and many later formed criminal gangs. Others, the more fortunate, were hired by politicians as bodyguards because of their skill in Capoeira martial arts. The government viewed this group as a "plague".

The main activity of these Capoeiristas was to destroy the political life of the country. In the 1890s, a handful of highly influential people in the upper echelons of society began practicing Capoeira, which became a major threat to the government, and the president created a special police force to control the situation. However, these measures were not effective, and a serious criminal code was drafted. Title B of the Penal Code contained 10 articles that dealt specifically with Capoeira-related actions, practices, and crimes. Stronger provisions were later added, stating that any celebrity practicing Capoeira would be deported. In order to enforce these laws, the president hired Sampaio, known as one of the most brutal police officers in Brazilian history, to be the chief of police. Sampaio is determined to extinguish the Capoeira movement everywhere, and interestingly enough, Sampaio himself is an excellent practitioner of Capoeira and a fearsome figure in the gang.

Sampaio's special police were all taught Capoeira, so they were able to return the favor to their "enemies". If he hadn't encountered such fierce resistance from the Capoeiristas, he could have succeeded in his mission with the support of powerful men. An unexpected event caused Sampaio to end his relentless pursuit of the Capoeiristas. He arrested Juca, a member of the nobility who practiced Capoeira, and demanded his expulsion. This caused a crisis in the government as members of the president's cabinet opposed the action because Juca's father was well known and loved by many political figures. Later, the president called an interim meeting of his cabinet and 18 days later, two key cabinet members resigned in protest and Juca was deported.

A change in Capoeiristas' behavior after this incident was to be expected, and the change was right on target. Opponents of the government organized a black militia in an attempt to overthrow the president, and this militia force, composed entirely of Capoeiristas, terrorized the capital region. The police could do nothing against them, and just when the situation was getting out of hand, Brazil suddenly declared war on Paraguay. The black militias were sent to fight on the front lines, and the hooligans became national heroes overnight. And so begins a new chapter in the evolution of Capoeira.