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João Kanoa
Age: 42
Home: Brazil
Watching João teaching capoeira in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is an amazing sight. But it is something he cannot see. João was blinded in an accident ten years ago and he has had to adapt the way that he teaches this Brazilian sport.
Filed in: Latin America & the Caribbean, Trade

Capoeira

Capoeira was created in Brazil in the 16th century by enslaved Africans as a form of self-defence
To avoid prohibition from their masters the slaves disguised capoeira as a dance and it developed through the years into an art
Today the capoeiristas play instruments, sing, and form a circle in which two people “spar” or “play”
João teaches at the AÇÃO Cultural Centre, offering classes to young people from the favelas, the shanty towns in Rio

Brazil

Brazil
Population: 184 million
Population living on less than $2 a day: 21%

Filed in: Latin America & the Caribbean, Trade