IPHAN’s heritage council recognized the Roda de Capoeira and entered it in the Book of Forms of Expression. The roda is a collective setting for movement, music, song, instruments, and knowledge, shaped by Afro-Brazilian resistance and intergenerational teaching. Capoeira was criminalized and stigmatized after abolition, yet practitioners preserved and transformed it. Recognition reversed part of that exclusion, while leaving open how official institutions could support capoeiristas without controlling their diverse lineages and practice.
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What did IPHAN recognize on 15 July 2008?
The council recognized the Roda de Capoeira and registered it as intangible heritage.
IPHAN’s 2008 capoeira decision recognized only the sport and excluded music and ritual.
The roda is a collective cultural practice involving movement, music, song, and ritual.