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7918, RE: Enslaved Afrikans
Posted by Humzaki, Fri Jun-28-02 07:34 AM
Give me the numbers. The fact is MOST of africans that were taken by Portegues were from Angola. Granted some were Yuroba but most were not. The cultures that contributed to capoeira are varied however it isn't solely by Yuroba and their religious practices. As an article on capoeiraarts.com states:

"The importance of Yoruban influences in the state of Bahia has long been recognized. Recently, though, the weight of the Bantu contribution has been reevaluated, gaining more prominence as traces of this culture are identified in the way of life of the inhabitants of Bahia's old cities. Since the cadence in the ginga (the multi-funcional and characteristic movement of capoeira ), the music, and the rituals of today's capoeira seem to have radiated from the Reconcavo Baiano (coastal areas of the Bay of All Saints in Bahia), it is not a far stretch of the imagination to associate the formative elements of the art with cultural expressions embedded in the traditions of the sub-Saharan Bantu people from Angola."

The point is to learn this system is not dependent upon ones religious practices. Capoeira is a fighting system that is influenced by cultures not religions. Developed by slaves and kept secret disguised by music to make it look like a dance.

Plus not to mention that most of west Africa were muslim populated.

Peace
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