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 Another crap article 
Parrots what promotion websites of capoeira schools say about myths of origin. And also that persecution thing. By the late 1800s, capoeira became a word for street brawling. Thus, authorities did not prohibit or sanction ""practice"" of capoeira. In banning capoeira they were banning outright street brawls! It's why Mestre Bimba presented his art as Luta Regional Baiana. No decent carioca would be eager to sympathise with capoeira and malandrismo. I could attempt to alter the article but it's become such a mess by now.   "