For those who have heard the word 'Quilombo' before, this post is to urge you to further your knowledge of it and what it means. The Ministério das Relaçoes Exteriors (Ministry of External Relations) of Brazil publishes in one of its articles the notion that there is no documented evidence supporting the widely believed idea that Capoeira was practiced and used to defend the Quilombos of the 17th century.
This could greatly be attributed to the fact that many documents relating to slavery, and the attacks on the Quilombos, were destroyed after the fledgling Republic of Brazil abolished slavery officially in 1888. The article below speaks of the documented history, a good glimpse of what came after the 'un-documented', yet widely accepted history that the word 'Quilombo' evokes.
Article in English
Article in Portuguese
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