Capoeira, according to Wikipedia, is an Afro-Brazilian martial art, game, and culture created by enslaved Africans in Brazil during the 16th Century.

That is correct, and at Wikipedia [1] you may read more about the history of this once outlawed art, and now, the first ever recognized Brazilian sport fight.

Capoeira is an X-Ray of Brazil in itself. In terms of its formation and development: there is the music, the dance, the witty, the singing. This is so much so that practitioners don't say they "fight" Capoeira; they play it.

Capoeira was born in Brazil with strong influences from mother Africa rituals. It embodies what to be Brazilian is all about.

I want to show you a picture of that, if you follow the links bellow you will get, I hope, a very good picture.

The Master Next Door [2] - Master Cicero Capoeira academy is accross from where I live.
We play, We Don’t Fight [3] - Contra Master Paulo Batuta
Brazilian Martial Art reaching the World [4] - Teacher Pedrinho and Franchesca
It is uniting people of all races - coming soon