Cultural Post 3

[Oliver Cho]

Within both the Portuguese and Brazilian culture games and play are big part of the culture. Both have an emphasis on laughter and family. This can very clearly be seen by the Afro-Brazilian culture which has many dances and games that can regularly be seen on the streets of Brazil. Of these many games and dances one is Capoeira. Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian mock fighting dance. It can also be seen as a game as usually there is a winner and a loser. It was invented as a game among'st slaves who used the game to practice there martial arts to revolt against their masters. Eventually the game was actually banned by Brazil once the masters caught on to the fact that the game was being used to practice their fighting skills. Capoeira is a very physically demanding dance and I have been practicing it in my Capoiera class.