Capoeira~~巴西戰舞

Capoeira，香港亦有譯作巴西戰舞，是一種16世紀時由巴西的非裔移民所發展出，介於藝術與武術之間的獨特舞蹈。雖然其伴隨音樂節奏以通常為兩人一組的方式而起舞與一般舞蹈雷同，但是舞蹈動作中結合了大量側空翻、迴旋踢、倒立等武術動作，卻被認為有極濃厚的戰鬥用途。

Capoeira is the Brazilian national martial art that combines elements of acrobatics, games, and accompanied by the national Brazilian music. As a martial art the stronger elements are the large numbers of acrobatic elements.

The history of Capoeira take us in Brazil, in the16th century where a slave from Angola used it as a way to practice a ancient form a African martial arts without his master know what is doing. This is the explanation way Capoeira seams like a dance or a game and not like a dangerous form of martial arts.

雖然已經存在數百年，但一直到1930年代以後卡波耶拉舞才正式地被允許在民間習授流傳，由於這種舞蹈起源於非洲卻又融入了相當程度巴西本土原住民的文化特性，因此被認為是巴西最重要的本土文化象徵與國技之一。