Capoeira Angola Center of Los Angeles

Capoeira Angola (pronounced Capo-air-a Ang-o-la): One of the many cultural weapons Used to break the chains of enslavement in Brazil. Music was played during Capoeira sessions to teach the rhythmic heart of the art and to mask its power. In front of the oppressors it looked like playfulness, acrobatic dancing, and joking around. Eventually the oppressors realized it’s power and outlawed Capoeira Angola. Death was the penalty if you were caught. For almost 400 years Capoeira Angola was taught and practiced in secret. Only in the 1930s did this Afrikan Martial Art become legal to teach and practice.