“What Is Going On Here?”
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Title
“What Is Going On Here?”
Subject
Capoeira
Description
In Brazil, capoeira was once outlawed, to keep enslaved Africans from training for their liberation. Groups of practitioners added the music to cover the practice of martial arts and training with rhythms and dance. Students of Professora Amazonas learn this history and perform it as skits during their Rodas and performances. When the officer appears, the musicians quickly switch to samba patterns and the capoeiristas in the roda begin to dance.
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en
Identifier
20191215LiberdadeAmazonasKwanzaa10.jpg
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3456 × 2304
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Citation
Nicole Wines, ““What Is Going On Here?”,” Raíces Cultural Center Digital Archive, accessed October 17, 2026, https://archive.raicesculturalcenter.org/items/show/2094.