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84 relations: Acrobatics, Afro-Brazilians, Agogô, Anderson Silva, Angola, Atabaque, Atlantic Ocean, Bahia, Bateria, Berimbau, Brazil, Brazilian mythology, Call and response (music), Capoeira in popular culture, Capoeira toques, Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art, Century, Chocalho, Cobra Mansa, Colonial empire, Conor McGregor, Conservative Party (Brazil), Culture of Brazil, Dance, Dragoon, Empire of Brazil, Engenho, Engolo, Flag of Brazil, Ganzá, Getúlio Vargas, Hat, Historic Center (Salvador), Hybrid martial arts, Indigenous peoples in Brazil, Intangible cultural heritage, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, João Grande, João Pereira dos Santos, Johann Moritz Rugendas, John VI of Portugal, José Aldo, Junior dos Santos, Liberal Party (Brazil), List of capoeira techniques, Luanda, Machete, Malandragem, Manuel dos Reis Machado, Martial arts, ..., Mixed martial arts, Mulatto, Music, Musical instrument, Napoleon, Netherlands, Norival Moreira de Oliveira, Orisha, Palmares (quilombo), Pandeiro, Peninsular War, Portugal, Portuguese Brazilians, Quilombo, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Roda (formation), Salvador, Bahia, Samba (Brazilian dance), Sanjuro (Martial Arts), Slavery, Slavery in Africa, Slavery in Brazil, Social relation, Song, Street fighting, Sugarcane, Swordstick, Thiago Santos (middleweight fighter), Tupi language, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Umbrella, UNESCO, Vicente Ferreira Pastinha. Expand index (34 more) »
Acrobatics
Acrobatics (from Greek ἀκροβατέω akrobateō, "walk on tiptoe, strut") is the performance of extraordinary human feats of balance, agility, and motor coordination.
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Afro-Brazilians
Afro-Brazilians (afro-brasileiros) are Brazilian people who have African ancestry.
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Agogô
An agogô (Yoruba: agogo, meaning bell) is a single or multiple bell now used throughout the world but with origins in traditional Yoruba music and also in the samba baterias (percussion ensembles).
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Anderson Silva
Anderson da Silva (born April 14, 1975) is a Brazilian professonal mixed martial artist currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
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Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola; Kikongo, Kimbundu and Repubilika ya Ngola), is a country in Southern Africa.
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Atabaque
The atabaque is a tall, wooden, Afro-Brazilian hand drum.
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.
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Bahia
Bahia (locally) is one of the 26 states of Brazil and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast.
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Bateria
The term bateria means “drum kit” in Portuguese and Spanish.
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Berimbau
The berimbau is a single-string percussion instrument, a musical bow, from Brazil.
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Brazil
Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.
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Brazilian mythology
Brazilian mythology is the subset of Brazilian folklore with cultural elements of diverse origin found in Brazil, comprising folk tales, traditions, characters and beliefs regarding places, peoples, and entities.
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Call and response (music)
In music, a call and response is a succession of two distinct phrases usually written in different parts of the music, where the second phrase is heard as a direct commentary on or in response to the first.
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Capoeira in popular culture
The Brazilian martial art of Capoeira, noted for its acrobatic movements and kicks, has been featured in numerous films, TV shows and video game series.
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Capoeira toques
In the game of capoeira, toques are the rhythms played on the berimbau.
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Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art
Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art is a book by Matthias Röhrig Assunção published by Routledge in 2005.
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Century
A century (from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred; abbreviated c.) is a period of 100 years.
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Chocalho
Chocalho is the generic name for “shaker” in Portuguese.
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Cobra Mansa
Mestre Cobra Mansa (born Cinézio Feliciano Peçanha, 1960 in Duque de Caxias, Brazil) commonly known as Cobrinha and Cobrinha Mansa, is a mestre or master of Capoeira Angola.
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Colonial empire
A colonial empire is a collective of territories (often called colonies), mostly overseas, settled by the population of a certain state and governed by that state.
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Conor McGregor
Conor Anthony McGregor (Conchúr Antóin Mac Gréagóir; born 14 July 1988) is an Irish professional mixed martial artist and boxer.
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Conservative Party (Brazil)
The Conservative Party (Partido Conservador) was a Brazilian political party of the imperial period, which was formed c. 1836 and ended with the proclamation of the Republic in 1889.
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Culture of Brazil
The culture of Brazil is primarily Western, but presents a very diverse nature showing that an ethnic and cultural mixing occurred in the colonial period involving mostly Indigenous peoples of the coastal and most accessible riverine areas, Portuguese people and African people.
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Dance
Dance is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement.
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Dragoon
Dragoons originally were a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility but dismounted to fight on foot.
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Empire of Brazil
The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and (until 1828) Uruguay.
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Engenho
Engenho is a colonial-era Portuguese term for a sugar cane mill and the associated facilities.
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Engolo
Engolo or NGolo (Kikongo word meaning strength, power) is a performance of ritual combat by various ethnic groups around the Cunene River in southern Angola.
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Flag of Brazil
The flag of Brazil (Bandeira do Brasil), known in Portuguese as A Auriverde (The Yellow-and-green One), is a blue disc depicting a starry sky (which includes the Southern Cross) spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto "Ordem e Progresso" ("Order and Progress"), within a yellow rhombus, on a green field.
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Ganzá
The ganzá is a Brazilian rattle used as a percussion instrument, especially in samba music.
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Getúlio Vargas
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (19 April 1882 – 24 August 1954) was a Brazilian lawyer and politician, who served as President during two periods: the first was from 1930–1945, when he served as interim president from 1930–1934, constitutional president from 1934–1937, and dictator from 1937–1945.
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Hat
A hat is a head covering which is worn for various reasons, including protection against weather conditions, ceremonial reasons such as university graduation, religious reasons, safety, or as a fashion accessory.
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Historic Center (Salvador)
The Historic Center (US) or Centre (UK; Centro Histórico) of Salvador de Bahia in Brazil, also known as the Pelourinho (Portuguese for "Pillory") or Pelo, is a historic neighborhood in western Salvador, Bahia.
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Hybrid martial arts
Hybrid martial arts, also known as hybrid fighting systems or sometimes eclectic martial arts or freestyle fighting, refer to martial arts or fighting systems that incorporate techniques and theories from several particular martial arts (eclecticism).
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Indigenous peoples in Brazil
Indigenous peoples in Brazil (povos indígenas no Brasil), or Indigenous Brazilians (indígenas brasileiros), comprise a large number of distinct ethnic groups who have inhabited what is now the country of Brazil since prior to the European contact around 1500.
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Intangible cultural heritage
An intangible cultural heritage (ICH) is a practice, representation, expression, knowledge, or skill, as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts, and cultural spaces that are considered by UNESCO to be part of a place's cultural heritage.
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Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil
Dona Isabel (29 July 1846 – 14 November 1921), nicknamed "the Redemptress", was the heiress presumptive to the throne of the Empire of Brazil, bearing the title of Princess Imperial.
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João Grande
João Oliveira dos Santos (born 15 January 1933) better known as Mestre João Grande, is a Grão-Mestre (Grand Master) of the Afro-Brazilian martial art of capoeira angola who has contributed to the spread of this art throughout the world.
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João Pereira dos Santos
João Pereira dos Santos or Mestre João Pequeno de Pastinha (27 December 1917 – 9 December 2011) as he was known within capoeira circles.
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Johann Moritz Rugendas
Johann Moritz Rugendas (29 March 1802 – 29 May 1858) was a German painter, famous for his works depicting landscapes and ethnographic subjects in several countries in the Americas, in the first half of the 19th century.
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John VI of Portugal
John VI (Portuguese: João VI; –), nicknamed "the Clement", was King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves from 1816 to 1825.
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José Aldo
José Aldo da Silva Oliveira Junior (born September 9, 1986) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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Junior dos Santos
Junior dos Santos Almeida (born January 30, 1984) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and a former UFC Heavyweight Champion.
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Liberal Party (Brazil)
The Liberal Party (Partido Liberal, PL) was a conservative political party of Brazil, merged (2006) in the Party of the Republic.
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List of capoeira techniques
Capoeira has always been an eclectic martial art with a variety of different techniques that make use of the hands, feet, legs, arms, elbows, knees, and head.
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Luanda
Luanda, formerly named São Paulo da Assunção de Loanda, is the capital and largest city in Angola, and the country's most populous and important city, primary port and major industrial, cultural and urban centre.
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Machete
A machete is a broad blade used either as an implement like an axe, or in combat like a short sword.
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Malandragem
Malandragem is a Portuguese term for a lifestyle of idleness, fast living and petty crime – traditionally celebrated in samba lyrics, especially those of Noel Rosa and Bezerra da Silva.
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Manuel dos Reis Machado
Manuel dos Reis Machado, commonly called Mestre Bimba (November 23, 1899 – February 5, 1974), was a mestre (a master practitioner) of the Afro-Brazilian martial art of capoeira.
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Martial arts
Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practices, which are practiced for a number of reasons: as self-defense, military and law enforcement applications, mental and spiritual development; as well as entertainment and the preservation of a nation's intangible cultural heritage.
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Mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport that allows striking and grappling, both standing and on the ground, using techniques from other combat sports and martial arts.
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Mulatto
Mulatto is a term used to refer to people born of one white parent and one black parent or to people born of a mulatto parent or parents.
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Music
Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time.
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Musical instrument
A musical instrument is an instrument created or adapted to make musical sounds.
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Napoleon
Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.
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Norival Moreira de Oliveira
Norival Moreira de Oliveira (born June 22, 1945), also known as Mestre Nô is a Grand Master of capoeira angola, who was initiated into capoeira angola at the age of four.
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Orisha
An orisha (spelled òrìṣà in the Yoruba language, and orichá or orixá in Latin America) is a spirit who reflects one of the subordinate manifestations of the supreme divinity (Olodumare, Olorun, Olofi) in Yoruba religion.
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Palmares (quilombo)
Palmares, or Quilombo dos Palmares, was a quilombo, a fugitive community of escaped slaves and others, in colonial Brazil that developed from 1605 until its suppression in 1694.
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Pandeiro
The pandeiro is a type of hand frame drum popular in Brazil, and which has been described as an unofficial instrument of that nation.
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Peninsular War
The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was a military conflict between Napoleon's empire (as well as the allied powers of the Spanish Empire), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Kingdom of Portugal, for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.
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Portuguese Brazilians
Portuguese Brazilians (luso-brasileiros) are Brazilian citizens whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Portugal.
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Quilombo
A quilombo (from the Kimbundu word kilombo, "campsite, slave hut") is a Brazilian hinterland settlement founded by people of African origin including the Quilombolas, or Maroons.
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Recife
Recife is the fourth-largest urban agglomeration in Brazil with 3,995,949 inhabitants, the largest urban agglomeration of the North/Northeast Regions, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco in the northeast corner of South America.
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Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro (River of January), or simply Rio, is the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas.
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Roda (formation)
Roda, meaning "wheel" or, more appropriately in this case, "circle" in Portuguese, is the circular formation within which participants perform in any of several Afro-Brazilian dance art forms, such as capoeira, maculelê and samba de roda.
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Salvador, Bahia
Salvador, also known as São Salvador, Salvador de Bahia, and Salvador da Bahia, is the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia.
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Samba (Brazilian dance)
Samba is a lively, rhythmical dance of Afro-Brazilian origin in 2/4(2 by 4) time danced to Samba music whose origins include the Maxixe.
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Sanjuro (Martial Arts)
Sanjuro is a hybrid martial art, fusing elements of a variety of martial arts styles, sparring, and dance.
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Slavery
Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property.
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Slavery in Africa
Slavery has historically been widespread in Africa, and still continues today in some countries.
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Slavery in Brazil
Slavery in Brazil began long before the first Portuguese settlement was established in 1532, as members of one tribe would enslave captured members of another.
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Social relation
In social science, a social relation or social interaction is any relationship between two or more individuals.
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Song
A song, most broadly, is a single (and often standalone) work of music that is typically intended to be sung by the human voice with distinct and fixed pitches and patterns using sound and silence and a variety of forms that often include the repetition of sections.
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Street fighting
Street fighting is hand-to-hand combat in public places, between individuals or groups of people.
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Sugarcane
Sugarcane, or sugar cane, are several species of tall perennial true grasses of the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae, native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South and Southeast Asia, Polynesia and Melanesia, and used for sugar production.
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Swordstick
A swordstick or cane-sword is a cane containing a hidden blade.
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Thiago Santos (middleweight fighter)
Thiago Santos de Lima is a mixed martial artist fighting in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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Tupi language
Old Tupi or classical Tupi is an extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the native Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil.
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Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts organization based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that is owned and operated by parent company William Morris Endeavor.
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Umbrella
An umbrella or parasol is a folding canopy supported by wooden or metal ribs, which is usually mounted on a wooden, metal, or plastic pole.
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.
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Vicente Ferreira Pastinha
Vicente Ferreira Pastinha (commonly called Mestre Pastinha) (April 5, 1889, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil – November 13, 1981) was a mestre (a master practitioner) of the Brazilian martial art Capoeira.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capoeira
