Cultural background and diversity: N’golo and Capoeira in play
IntroductionCapoeira is an Afro-Brazilian polysemic cultural manifestation, commonly known as fight-game formerly practiced only in streets and restricted environments and currently in training centers, gyms, and mainly in schools. The main question is: how this practice that was marginalized, prohi...
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| description | IntroductionCapoeira is an Afro-Brazilian polysemic cultural manifestation, commonly known as fight-game formerly practiced only in streets and restricted environments and currently in training centers, gyms, and mainly in schools. The main question is: how this practice that was marginalized, prohibited by the Brazilian Penal Code in the past, can today promote an improvement in interpersonal relationships and cultural diversity among people?MethodologyThis is a documentary research characterized by a historical approach, based on capoeira-body to understand the body narrative. Sources: analysis of N’golo drawings by the artist Neves e Sousa in Galeria Verney (Portugal).Results and discussionCategories established a priori: 1. characterization of body practice, 2. musicality and 3. body elements. In short, we argue that understanding of the African roots in Capoeira is an instrumental for promoting inclusion and representation, highlighting Cultural Diversity in Physical Education as well in people daily life, in different practical contexts of teaching, all over the world. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-337771608a8a45fb9c72a8b9543dbcda2025-08-20T01:50:23ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-05-011610.3389/fpsyg.2025.15450601545060Cultural background and diversity: N’golo and Capoeira in playLívia de Paula Machado Pasqua0Eliana de Toledo1Laboratory of Capoeira – LABCAPO, School of Physical Education and Sports, Fight Department, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilLaboratory of Research and Experiences in Gymnastics – LAPEGI, Sports Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Campinas, Limeira, BrazilIntroductionCapoeira is an Afro-Brazilian polysemic cultural manifestation, commonly known as fight-game formerly practiced only in streets and restricted environments and currently in training centers, gyms, and mainly in schools. The main question is: how this practice that was marginalized, prohibited by the Brazilian Penal Code in the past, can today promote an improvement in interpersonal relationships and cultural diversity among people?MethodologyThis is a documentary research characterized by a historical approach, based on capoeira-body to understand the body narrative. Sources: analysis of N’golo drawings by the artist Neves e Sousa in Galeria Verney (Portugal).Results and discussionCategories established a priori: 1. characterization of body practice, 2. musicality and 3. body elements. In short, we argue that understanding of the African roots in Capoeira is an instrumental for promoting inclusion and representation, highlighting Cultural Diversity in Physical Education as well in people daily life, in different practical contexts of teaching, all over the world.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1545060/fullCapoeiraN’golocultural diversityancestryAfrican diasporainclusion |
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| title_short | Cultural background and diversity: N’golo and Capoeira in play |
| title_sort | cultural background and diversity n golo and capoeira in play |
| topic | Capoeira N’golo cultural diversity ancestry African diaspora inclusion |
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