capoeira
Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance fists kicks and music
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Summary
capoeira is a type of fighting style[1]. capoeira draws 11,028 Wikipedia views per month (type of fighting style category, ranking #1 of 9).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: African Brazilians[3]
- Country: Brazil[4]
- Instance of: type of dance[5], type of sport[6]
- Developer: Vicente Pastinha[7], Manuel dos Reis Machado[8]
- Subclass of: combat sport[9], martial arts[10], war dance[11]
- Part of: Afro-Brazilian culture[12]
- Commons category: Capoeira[13]
- Country of origin: Brazil[14]
- Has part(s): capoeira music[15]
- Inception: 1600[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Capoeira[17]
- Described at URL: http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/en/RL/capoeira-circle-00892[18], https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00892[19], https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00892[20], https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00892[21]
- Topic has template: Template:Capoeira[22]
- Practiced by: capoeira practitioner[23]
- Intangible cultural heritage status: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity[24]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject African diaspora[25], Wiki Loves Cultura Popular Brasil - People, knowledge and activities[26]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[27]
Why It Matters
capoeira has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] capoeira is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]