A capoeira como arte, dança e luta afrobrasileira: levantamento, descrição e estudo da prática atual da capoeira regional e de Angola em Miracema do Tocantins

Abstract

The objective of this paperisto makean objection about capoeira inside and outside the schools, a trajec tory of its origin and the difficulti esfound for its realization as sport, fight and afro-brazilian dance. From its official criminalization (in the Penal Code), in the beginning of the Republicuntil the 1940s and the main responsible for spreading capoeira in Braziland in the world, in this period, being Mestre Pastinha (1889 - 1981), and Mestre Bimba (1900 - 1974). Wesurveyed the names of the group sand the main responsible for capoeira in the municipality of Miracema do Tocantins, their roots and trajectories, as well as the challenges faced in keeping capoeira alive in the city. Thus, in an interview highlightsthemaincharacteristicsoftheexistinggroupsandtheirresponsibles, as well as the irideasabout capoeira, musicality and teaching in school sand in the community.