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Capoeira Angola

Also known as Capoeira

Capoeira Angola: photograph by Ayres Alves de Lima Sales
Photo: Ayres Alves de Lima Sales, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Afro-Brazilian art/game; style named for Angola; origin debated.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Angola.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Age of Contact and Craft (about 1500 to 1800), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Africa: Southern Africa.

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