What is Capoiera?
It is a mixture of body and soul, of dance and fight, of instruments and voices. According to history, Capoeira was created by imported Africans on Brazilian soil. It evolved as a means of expression of the yearning for freedom and simultaneously as a form of entertainment.
Condemned and persecuted, capoeira managed to overcome the preconceptions of the beginning of the century and reach new horizons. It is considered one of the most comprehensive forms of physical conditioning and is an integrated balance of mind, strength, rhythm, poetry, agility, and harmony.It is the maximum expression of liberty and keeps the art of the ancestors alive, being part of Brazilian and now, world history.
Poi spinning and Capoeira have something in common, and that is putting yourself in a state of flow. It's really fun watching them as they perform while the others sing and play the instruments. I'm planning to enrol next month. Yay! :)
This is a picture of me as I watch them in amazement.
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