500 anos de resistência
A história da capoeira
Das senzalas à UNESCO. Histórias, mestres, música e cultura.
Linha do tempo
1500s
African enslaved peoples arrive in Brazil — capoeira is born in resistance.
1890
Capoeira is criminalised by the Brazilian penal code.
1932
Mestre Bimba opens the first official academy in Salvador.
1937
Capoeira is legalised under Getúlio Vargas.
1941
Mestre Pastinha opens the Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola.
2014
UNESCO declares capoeira an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.