DAN 245 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Afro-Brazilians, Chicken Coop
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Dan 245 textbook notes: week 4 reading 1. Capoeira is a game, a fight, and a dance composed of kicks, acrobatics, and traditional. Kongo dance, and you play capoeira vs. dancing or fighting capoeira. Capoeira is played in a roda, which is a circle formation that delimits all traditional afro- Two players enter the roda at a time and the movement is generally circular in nature. You want to keep your eyes fixed on the opponent. Capoeira includes many inversions with the hands on the ground planted like feet. It is taken very seriously and is elegant, but it can also be humorous. There is not a winner of the game, and un-sportsmanship behavior is never admired. Thought to have originated from the kongo-angola region kongo people played kicking games for sport and recreation, and when they were enslaved and brought to. Brazil, they had to practice their games in secret.
