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Yle TV2 began airing the series as a rerun starting from the first production season in January 2013.


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In Yle's repertoire, the series uses its original English title.


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[5] Production Concept According to David Simon, he was originally intended to create a police drama that would be loosely based on the experiences of his fellow screenwriter Ed Burns as a homicide detective.


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Burns had been often frustrated with the bureaucracy of the Baltimore Police Department while working on lengthy cases whose goal was to catch violent drug dealers using surveillance methods; Simon saw parallels to his own ordeals in The Baltimore Sun - as a newspaper crime reporter.


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[6] Simon chose Baltimore as the venue for the series because it was familiar to him.


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While serving as a screenwriter and producer on NBC's series Homicide — Streets of Fear, based on his book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, Simon had feuded with NBC channel management, which was unhappy with the series' pessimism.


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Desiring to avoid a similar confrontation, Simon chose HBO as the home of The Wire, as he had worked with the channel before on the miniseries The Corner.


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HBO was initially unsure about taking the police drama into its repertoire, but eventually agreed to produce a pilot episode.


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Simon met with Baltimore's mayor and told him he wanted to give a stark description of certain parts of the city; he was welcome to work for the city again.


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He hoped that the series would change the opinions of some viewers, but said the series probably wouldn't have an impact on the problems it describes.


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[6] Casting The series' casting has been praised for avoiding big-name movie stars and providing character actors who seem natural in their roles.


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[7] The appearance of the Actor Guard as a whole has been characterized as defying television expectations, presenting a true range in people.


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[8] Most of the cast members are African-American, which is consistent with Baltimore's population.


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An initial cast line-up was assembled through auditions.


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Lance Reddick got the role of Cedric Daniels after auditioning for more different roles.


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[9] Michael K. Williams landed the role of Omar Little based on only one audition.


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[10] Much of the cast previously appeared in HBO's first hour-long drama series The Cold Rink.


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J. D. Williams, Seth Gilliam, Lance Reddick and Reg E. Cathey appeared in prominent roles in The Cold Ring, while several stars of the Langalla series including Wood Harris, Frankie Faison, John Doman, Clarke Peters, Domenick Lombardozzi, Michael Hyatt, Michael Potts and Method Man starred in at least one of the episodes of Cold Ring.


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[11] Additionally, several cast members and film crew members were involved in HBO's previous miniseries The Corner, including Clarke Peters, Reg E. Cathey, Lance Reddick, Corey Parker Robinson, Robert F. Chew, and Delaney Williams.


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Episode Structure Each episode is opened by a so-called “cold open”, a scene before the opening credits that rarely contains anything important to the plot.


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Then the image evaporates or breaks to black while the initial music begins to play.


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Next, the initial identifier of the series is shown, consisting of shots separated by quick cuts, mostly close-up, related to the series' seasonally changing factual content.


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The opening credits consist of mere actors' names, and the characters they play are not individually authenticated.


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Moreover, the actors' faces are hardly visible at all.


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At the end of the initial ID, a quote from one of the character's lines in that episode is shown.


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The series had three exceptions: the final episode of the first season, in which the phrase “All in the game” counts as a traditional Westbaltimorean saying; the final episode of season four, which uses words written in a boarded-up uninhabited house in the quotation; and the final episode of the series, quoting H. L. Mencken.


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Progressive story arcs often unfold in different locations at the same time.


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Episodes rarely end on a cliffhanger; instead, they end evaporating or cutting off to black as the rest of the music plays.


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Style Realism Screenwriters strive to create a true-to-life depiction of an American city based on their own experiences.


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Originally serving as a crime reporter for The Baltimore Sun, Simon spent a year in the police homicide unit doing research for his book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets.


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It was there that he met Burns, who worked for the Baltimore Police Department for 20 years, and later served as a teacher at a suburban school.


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The duo spent a year exploring Baltimore's drug culture and poverty for the book The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood.


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The series dealt with a number of plots based on their experiences.


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The creation of true-to-life characters was central to the series' quest for realism.


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Simon has told me that most of them are combinations of real Baltimorean individuals.


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[12] For example, criminal Donnie Andrews was the principal inspiration for Omar Little's character.


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[13] Politician Martin O'Malley was one of Tommy Carcetti's inspiration.


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[14] Persons were often chosen for small roles in the series, who did not act as their profession, which distinguishes it from other television series by describing the “faces and voices of the real city” it presents.


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[15] Modern slang was used in the script, which enhances the experience of viewing it.


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[15] The series truthfully describes both police work and criminal activity.


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Some reports suggest real criminals have been watching the series to work against police search techniques.


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[16] [17] The fifth production season portrayed the Baltimore Sun's news coverage and has been said to be the most realistic media portrayal in film or television.


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[18] Actors and Characters Langa possesses a large lead acting guard, complemented by several minor characters who fill the institutions presented in the series.


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Most of the cast members are black-skinned, which accurately reflects Baltimore's demographic group.


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Protagonists The main characters of the first production season were divided into law and order officials as well as criminals dealing drugs.


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The investigative team was put in motion with the actions of Detective Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West), whose submersible tendencies and personal problems complement his abilities to act as a criminal police officer.


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The group was led by Inspector Cedric Daniels (Lance Reddick), whose desire to produce good research often hampered his career ambitions.


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Kima Greggs (Sonja Sohn) was a capable detective whom colleagues were jealous of, and whose girlfriend felt the police job was too dangerous.


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His work was greatly facilitated by his informant, drug addict Bubbles (Andre Royo).


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Like Greggs, working couple Thomas “Herc” Hauk (Domenick Lombardozzi) and Ellis Carver (Seth Gilliam) were assigned to a task force from the narcotics unit.


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The tentatively violent nature of the duo was eventually defeated when they proved useful in the crap oven.


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They sometimes serve as a comical lightening for the public.


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The interim task force was completed by Lester Freamon (Clarke Peters) and Roland “Prez” Pryzbylewski (Jim True-Frost).


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Although they were not initially considered important members of the group, Freamon proved to be a capable and methodical researcher with a habit of noticing small but important details, and Prez proved useful with his persistence as he worked on seemingly unbreakable codes.


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These investigators were overseen by two high-ranking police leaders who cared more about politics and their own careers than the case, Assistant Police Chief Ervin Burrell (Frankie Faison) and Detective Superintendent William Rawls (John Doman).


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Government attorney Rhonda Pearlman (Deirdre Lovejoy) served as the legal liaison between the investigation team and the courthouse.


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In the homicide unit, Bunk Moreland (Wendell Pierce) was a talented and dry sense of humour, an alcoholic detective who was McNulty's partner, supervised by sarcastic Sergeant Jay Landsman (Delaney Williams).


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Judge Phelan (Peter Gerety) set the research team in motion.


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Investigators targeted the Avon Barksdale drug empire.


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The ruthless Barksdale (Wood Harris) was helped by Stringer Bell (Idris Elba), who is interested in the business world.


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Avon's nephew D'Angelo Barksdale (Larry Gilliard Jr.)


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ran one of his uncle's territories but had a guilty conscience, while the loyal Wee-Bey Brice (Hassan Johnson) was responsible for several murders carried out on Avon's orders.


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Working for D'Angelo were Poot (Tray Chaney), Bodie (J. D. Williams) and Wallace (Michael B. Jordan), all of whom were drug dealers operating at street level.


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Wallace was an intelligent but naive youngster trapped by drug trafficking, and Poot a rough young man who preferred to take orders rather than give them.


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Omar Little (Michael K. Williams), a reputed Baltimorean robber who made a living robbing drug dealers, was a recurring stint with the Barksdale criminal gang.


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The second season introduced a new chalk of characters who worked in the Baltimore harbor area, including Spiros “Vondas” Vondopoulos (Paul Ben-Victor), Beadie Russell (Amy Ryan), and Frank Sobotka (Chris Bauer).


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Vondas was the deputy boss of a global smuggling operation, Russell an inexperienced port policeman and single mother who finds himself in the middle of a major murder investigation, and Frank Sobotka chairman of the stevedore union, who got involved in criminal bouts to save his union.


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Also appearing in the second season were Nick Sobotka (Pablo Schreiber), Frank's nephew; Ziggy Sobotka (James Ransone), Frank's son getting into trouble; and “The Greek” (Bill Raymond), Vondas's mysterious boss.


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At the end of the season, attention was directed away from the port and new characters were left behind.


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The third season brought several characters who had previously appeared in smaller roles into larger roles.


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Detective Leander Sydnor (Corey Parker Robinson), Bodie (J. D. Williams), Omar (Michael K. Williams), Proposition Joe (Robert F. Chew), and Detective Superintendent Howard “Bunny” Colvin (Robert Wisdom).


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Colvin ran the western part of the city where the Barksdale gang operated, and just before retirement came up with a radical way to deal with the drug problem.


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Proposition Joe, the cautious drug baron of the eastern side, worked more closely with the Barksdale organization.


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Sydnor, a rising young star in the police department in the first season, returned to the crime unit.


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Bodie had risen little quietly in the Barksdale gang; he had been born into the drug trade and displayed a ferocious aptitude for it.


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Omar harbored a grudge against the Barksdale Gang and went to the organization to catch up harder and harder.


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New characters in the season included Tommy Carcetti (Aidan Gillen), an ambitious city councillor; Mayor Clarence Royce (Glynn Turman), whom Carcetti planned to oust; Marlo Stanfield (Jamie Hector), the leader of a new drug gang seeking to challenge Avon's control position; and Dennis “Cutty” Wise (Chad Coleman), a man just out of prison who was unsure of his future.


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In the fourth season, four young characters joined the series: Duquan Dukie Weems (Jermaine Crawford), Randy Wagstaff (Maestro Harrell), Namond Brice (Julito McCullum), and Michael Lee (Tristan Wilds).


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The characters are friends who attend West Baltimore Middle School.


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Also included is Norman Wilson (Reg E. Cathey), Carcetti's campaign manager.


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In the fifth season, more than one person emerged as the main characters.


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Gbenga Akinnagbe returns to his character as Chris Partlow, a member of Stanfield's organization.


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Neal Huff returns to his role as the mayor's chief of staff, Michael Steindorf, whom he played earlier in the fourth season.


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Two other actors who visited earlier in the series are Michael Kostroff, who plays corrupt lawyer Maurice Levy, and Isiah Witlock Jr., who plays Senator Clay Davis.


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Clark Johnson, who previously served on the production group, played Augustus Haynes, the principle editor of The Baltimore Sun.


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Two other actors are joining the news agency; Michelle Paress and Tom McCarthy play young journalists Alma Gutierrez and Scott Templeton.


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Traditionally, war films, musicals and historical dramas have been the most popular genres, but in the 21st century film series have been the most successful.


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Seven of the eight Harry Potter films and all of Peter Jackson's films set in Middle-earth are among the fifty most successful films, in addition to which Transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean have been popular.


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Superhero films are also of interest to cinema audiences: DC Comics' Superman and Batman, and films based on Marvel Comics comics such as Spider-Man, X-Men and Marvel Cinematic Universe, have been largely successful.


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Of the 10 most-produced films, only two, the James Cameron-directed films Titanic and Avatar, are ones that have not been adapted from previously existing material.


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Animated films are also popular: Disney has enjoyed success with the films Frozen — Frosty Adventure (the highest-grossing animated film) and The Lion King, in addition to which the company's Pixar films Toy Story and Looking for Nemo have received the most acclaim.


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For example, new Superman, James Bond and Star Trek films are released intermittently, while the Star Wars and Planet of the Apes film series were brought to life after a long hiatus; Indiana Jones also made a successful return to the big screen after a twenty-year hiatus.


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Martina Hingis (born 30 September 1980 in Košice, Czechoslovakia) is a Swiss tennis player.


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He rose to number one on the tennis world charts in 1997.


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She has won five Grand Slam tournaments in her career in singles, three times in Australia, as well as once at Wimbledon and the US Open.


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Hingis has also won 11 Grand Slam doubles championships and in 1998 she won all four.


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He holds several “youngest in history” type records at Grand Slams.


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However, constant injuries cut off his career at the age of only 22.


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On November 29, 2005, however, Hingis announced that she would return to the WTA tour after being away for nearly four years.


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He triumphantly returned to the professional fields at the Gold Coast Tournament in Australia in early 2006.


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Hingis announced she was ending her tennis career for a repeat when she was caught using cocaine following a positive sample at a Wimbledon tournament in the autumn of 2007.


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He received a two-year ban from competition from the incident.


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He made his comeback again in 2013.


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This time, however, he is concentrating solely on doubles.


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Hingis is the International Tennis Federation World Champion from 1997 and 1999—2000.


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Tennis career Childhood and beginning of career Hingis' mother Melanie Molitorová is Czech and father Károly Hingis Hungarian — both tennis players themselves (Molitorová once reached the top ten players in her country).


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They named their daughter Martina (originally “Martina Hingisová Molitorová”) after the legendary Martina Navrátilová.


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Hingis' parents divorced when she was a child.


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He then moved with his mother for a time to Alaim and thence to Switzerland, which became their home.


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Martina started hitting tennis balls at the age of two and at the age of four she played in her first tournament.


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In 1993, Hingis became the youngest ever Grand Slam junior series winner when she captured the junior singles crown at the age of 12 at Roland Garros.


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The following year, he defended his title successfully and also won at Wimbledon.


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Hingis was already the world junior number one.


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Entering the WTA tour, Hingis' career in professional arenas began two weeks after her 14th birthday, in October 1994.


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Within a few months of this, she became the youngest ever matchwinner at a Grand Slam when she defeated Jolene Watanabe in the first round 6—0, 7—6 (2).


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Hingis, who received the nickname “Swiss Miss”, became a crowd favourite on tour due to her pleasant style of play as well as her upbeat and cheerful nature.


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FHM magazine twice selected her for its list of the 100 sexiest women in the world.


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On the field of play, the young Hingis lacked the strength of his racing sisters in his strokes, but easily patched up this deficiency with his strengths, which included precise base strokes, good net play and clever batting selections.


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1996 In 1996, Martina Hingis became the youngest ever Wimbledon winner with her winning the doubles title with Helena Suková at the age of 15 years and 9 months.


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She also took the first singles tournament win of her career as a professional in the same year in Filderstadt, Germany and made it to the final at the season-ending WTA Championship tournament, deflecting to world number one Steffi Graf in a five-set struggle.


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1997 In January 1997, Hingis became the youngest Grand Slam singles winner of the 20th century.


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She won the Australian Open Championship tournament at the age of 16 years and 3 months, knocking down Mary Pierce 6—2, 6—2 in the final.


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In March, he became the youngest ever world number one placed player.


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In July 1997, Hingis became the youngest Wimbledon singles winner after Lottie Dodi (1887).


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The Swiss also won the U.S. Open that year — another future star player, Venus Williams, fell in the final.


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The only Grand Slam that Hingis was unable to conquer in 1997 was Roland Garros in the final of which she had to deflect to Croatia's Iva Majoli.


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1998 The following year, Hingis won all four Grand Slam doubles titles, paired with Mirjana Lucic in Australia and Jana Novotná in the other three.


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She became the third in history at the same time in doubles and doubles to be the number one ranked female player in the world.


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Hingis renewed her championship in Australia by beating in the final match against Spain's Conchita Martínez in two sets.


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In the final of the US Open, she suffered a loss to Lindsay Davenport.


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In October, Davenport ended Hingis' 80-week streak as world number one, but in the final of the season-ending tournament, Davenport was beaten by Hingis.


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1999 Hingis started the 1999 season by winning the Australian Open for the third time in a row.


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At the French Open, she advanced to the final and was three points away from a match win against Steffi Graf, but eventually deflected 6—4, 5—7, 2—6.


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Hingis also played herself into the final of the US Open, where, however, lost to Serena Williams.


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Hingis won seven tournaments in 1999 and rose back to number one in the world.


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In the WTA Championship Tournament, she lost the final to Davenport 4—6, 2—6.


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2000—02 Hingis' streak of three championships was snapped in Australia as she suffered a loss to Davenport 1—6, 5—7.


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Despite not winning any Grand Slams in 2000, nine singles tournament wins (e.g.


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the WTA Championship Tournament) kept her at number one on the ranking list.


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In her fifth consecutive Australian Open final, Hingis lost to Jennifer Capriati, 3—6, 4—6.


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Hingis ended her coaching relationship with her mother for a while, but came to second stints before the French Open.


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In October, he went to have surgery on his right ankle.


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Recovering from surgery in early 2002, Martina Hingis played for the sixth time in a row in the final of the Australian Open Championships, as her opponent again by Capriati.


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Hingis lost the final despite winning the first set, leading the second already 4—0 and receiving a few match balls.


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In May 2002, his left ankle was in need of surgery.


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After the operation, Hingis' problems with injuries continued and she was unable to reach her former peak fitness.


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Her doctors suggested that Hingis would be able to play and some suspected the losses were due to injuries rather than injuries from the pre-march of the new names playing so-called power tennis (Davenport, Williams siblings, Capriati).


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Ending a career at the age of 22 (2002) at the age of 22 in 2002, Hingis announced her retirement from professional tennis.


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The reason was long-standing ankle injuries, as well as partly for this reason decreased self-confidence.


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He had won 40 singles and 36 doubles tournaments in his career as a professional.


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He had been the number one player in the world for 209 weeks.


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Return (2005) In February 2005, Hingis attempted a comeback in a tournament held in Pattaya, Thailand, but lost in the first round to Germany's Marlene Weingärtner.


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He then announced that he was no longer planning another comeback.


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In July, Hingis returned with the latest strength, playing doubles, doubles and mixed doubles at the World Team Tennis Series in the United States.


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With 18 wins and only one loss, he led the New York Sportimes to the championship, becoming the same named MVP (Most Valuable Player — Most Valuable Player).


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He defeated two players ranked in the top 100 in the summer.


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With these promising results, new doubts were thrown into the air as to whether Hingis might be planning a return to the WTA Tour after all.


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In early 2006, Hingis made her return to the WTA tour at the Gold Coast Tournament in Australia.


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In the first round she defeated Venezuela's Maria Vento-Kabchi, in the second round Czech Klara Koukalova and in the third round Spain's Nuria Llagostera Vives — all in the top 70 of the world list.


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In the semi-finals, a tired Hingis deflected to 23rd on the world list, Italy's Flavia Penneta 6—1, 6—7 (2), 2—6.


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The following week, she participated in the Sydney tournament, in the opening round of which she was defeated 6—3, 6—3, 6—3 by former World List One Justine Henin-Hardenne.


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In the opening round of the 2006 Australian Open, Hingis played well, defeating 30th-placed Vera Zvonarjova in a show-style 6—1, 6—2.


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Cocaine and Career Ending (2007) In the fall of 2007, Hingis reported that he was suspected of using cocaine.


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He had given a doping sample containing cocaine at the Wimbledon tennis tournament.


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At the same time, Hingis said she was ending her career, citing her age and health problems as well.


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[1] Hingis initially stated that he would not be able to fight the issue, but later hired Tony Morton-Hooper, a lawyer specialising in sports law, to help prepare a legal case against the International Tennis Federation ITF.


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[2] The International Tennis Federation ITF reported that Hingis will lose the points she achieved at Wimbledon and the generous €100,000 prize money.


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[3] He also received a two-year ban from competition [4].


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Returning again (2013—) Hingis returned to the fields again in July 2013 when she participated in the doubles of the WTA tournament played in California with Daniela Hantuchová.


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Their goal was the U.S. Open to be played in August-September.


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[5] There, however, they were not successful, losing immediately in the first round to the first-placed pair.


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In March 2014, Hingis reached a tournament win with Sabine Lisicki at the WTA Tournament in Miami.


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At Eastbourne, she reached the final as a pair of Flavia Pennetta.


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At Wimbledon, Hingis played with Vera Zvonarjova, losing in the opening round.


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[6] At the U.S. Open, Hingis and Pennetta cleared their way into the final, where, however, they lost to the Russian pair.


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[7] Grand Slams Wins (5) Annual Tournament opponents1997Australian OpenMary Pierce6—2, 6—21997Wimbledonjana Novotná2—6, 6—3, 6—31997US OpenVenus Williams6—0, 6—41998Australian OpensConchita Martínez6—3, 6— 31999Australian OpensTamélie Mauresmo6—2, 6—3 Final Losses (7) Annual Tournament OpponentScores1997French OpensFinal Majoli6—4, 6—21998US OpenLindsay Davenport6—3, 7—51999French OpenSteffi Graf4 —6, 7—5, 6—21999U.S. OpenSerena Williams6—3, 7—62000 Australian OpensLindsay Davenport6—1, 7—52001Australian OpensJennifer Capriati6—4, 6—32002Australian OpensJennifer Capriati4—6, 7—6, 6—2 Success each year Tournament20022001200019991998199719961995Australian OpenfinalCredit.Credit.WWWWMid.2.


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October 1996Filderstadt, GermanyMattoanke Huber (Germany) 6—2 3—6 6—32.10.


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November 1996Oakland, USAMonica Seles (United States) 6—2 6—03.12.


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January 1997Sydney, AustraliakovaJennifer Capriati (United States) 6—1 5—7 6—2:26.


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January 1997Australian Open, Melbourne, AustraliaKovaMary Pierce (France) 6—2 6—25.2.


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February 1997Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, JapanMattoSteff Graf (Germany) extradition (injury) on February 6-16, 1997Open Gaz de France, Paris, FranceKovaanke Huber (Germany) 6—3 3—6 6—37.30.


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March 1997Key Biscayne, USAkovaMonica Seles (United States) 6—2 6—18.6.


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April 1997Hilton Head Island, USAmonica Seles (United States) 3—6 6—3 7—69.6.


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July 1997Wimbledon, EnglandGrass Novotná (Czech Republic) 2—6 6—3 6—310.27.


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July 1997Stanford, USAkovaConchita Martínez (Spain) 6—0 6—211.3.


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August 1997San Diego, USAkovaMonica Seles (United States) 7—6 6—412.7.


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September 1997US Open, New York, USAkovaVenus Williams (United States) 6—0 6—413.12.


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October 1997Filderstadt, GermanyMatolisa Raymond (United States) 6—2 6—414.16.


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November 1997Philadelphia, USAmatolindsay Davenport (United States) 7—5 6—7 7—615.1.


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February 1998Australian Open, Melbourne, AustraliaKovaConchita Martínez (Spain) 6—3 6—316.15.


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March 1998Indian Wells, USAKovalindsay Davenport (United States) 6—3 6—417.4.


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May 1998Hamburg, GermanyMassajana Novotná (Czech Republic) 6—3 7—518.17.


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May 1998Rome, ItaliaMasVenus Williams (United States) 6—3 2—6 6—319.22.


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November 1998WTA Championship Tournament, New York, USAKovalIndsay Davenport (United States) 7—5 4—6 6—4 6—220.31.


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January 1999Australian Open, Melbourne, AustraliaKovaAmelie Mauresmo (France) 6—2 6—321.7.


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February 1999Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, JapanMatAmanda Coetzer (South Africa) 6—2 6—122.4.


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April 1999Hilton Head Island, U.S.MassAnna Kurnikova (Russia) 6—4 6—323.16.


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May 1999Berlin, GermanyMissaJulie Halard-Decugis (France) 6—0 6—124.8.


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August 1999San Diego, USAkovaVenus Williams (United States) 6—4 6—025.22.


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August 1999Toronto, CanadaKovaMonica Seles (United States) 6—4 6—426.10.


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October 1999Filderstadt, GermanyMary Pierce (France) 6—4 6—127.6.


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February 2000Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, JapanMattosandrine Testud (France) 6—3 7—528.2.


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April 2000Key Biscayne, USAKovalindsay Davenport (United States) 6—3 6—229.7.


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May 2000 Hamburg, GermanyMassAranxta Sanchez-Vicario (Spain) 6—3 6—330.25.


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June 2000s'Hertogenbosch, DutchGrassUxandra Dragomir (Romania) 6—2 3—0 Creative.31.20.


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August 2000Montreal, CanadaKovaserena Williams (United States) 0—6 6—3 3—0 Creative.32.8.


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October 2000Filderstadt, GermanyMattoKim Clijsters (Belgium) 6—0 6—333.15.


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October 2000Zurich, SwitzerlandOvaldsay Davenport (United States) 6—4 4—6 7—534.29.


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October 2000 Moscow, RussiaMatAnna Kurnikova (Russia) 6—3 6—135.19.


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November 2000WTA Championship Tournament, New York, USAMonica Seles (United States) 6—7 6—4 6—436.8.


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January 2001Sydney, AustraliaKovalIndsay Davenport (United States) 6—3 4—6 7—537.18.


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February 2001Doha, Qatarkovasandrine Testud (France) 6—3 6—238.25.


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February 2001Dubai, United Arab EmiratesKovanathalie Tauziat (France) 6—4 6—439.13.


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January 2002Sydney, AustraliaKovaMeghann Shaughnessy (United States) 6—2 6—340.3.


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February 2002Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, JapaneseOnica Seles (United States) 7—6 4—6 6—341.21.


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May 2006Rome, ItaliaMassadinara Safina (Russia) 6—2 7—542.24.


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September 2006Calcutta, IndiaToolga Pushkova (Russia) 6—0 6—443.4.


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February 2007Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, JapanMatoana Ivanović (Russia) 6—4 6—2 Sources On the topic elsewhere at the Women's Tennis Association Category:Slovak tennis players Category:Swiss tennis players Category:Swiss Olympic medalists Category:Swiss people convicted of doping violation Category:Tennis players convicted of doping violation Class:Born in 1980 Class:Living persons


Question: Where does capoeira come from?

Capoeira

Capoeira is a Brazilian self-martial art and dance.


Question: Where does capoeira come from?

Capoeira

[1] Capoeira is a multidimensional species and is practiced to the beat of Afro-Brazilian music.


Question: Where does capoeira come from?

Capoeira

In it, you can see features of Afro-Brazilian popular culture, performing dance art, full-contact grappling, contact-improvisation, and acrobatics.


Question: Where does capoeira come from?

Capoeira

The Afro-Brazilian instrument orchestra and complex traditions belong to the capoeira inextricably.


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Capoeira

Despite its versatility, capoeira also always has the same persistent factors: there are always two parties involved in a capoeira match, and it is always done according to the rhythm of the music.


Question: Where does capoeira come from?

Capoeira

Capoeira's soft motion language is very strong and personal.


Question: Where does capoeira come from?

Capoeira

Although the order of movements in a capoeira match cannot be planned in advance, they are often still quite controlled.


Question: Where does capoeira come from?

Capoeira

A practitioner of the species may be said to dance, fight, or play capoeira.


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Capoeira

[1] Etymology According to Nei Lopes, the parent form of the word capoeira is kapwila of African origin, meaning spanking and earpuusti in Finnish.


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Capoeira

The word has meant the opposite of the words evildoer and predictable and synonymous with the words braggart, fearful and fearful.


Question: Where does capoeira come from?

Capoeira

Different meanings of a word can be roughly divided into ones that originate from two main roots.


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Capoeira

The meanings derived from Guarani, a dialect spoken by the indigenous majority of Brazil, refer to tree, foliage, forest, and vegetation in general due to the coupling of the words with “caa”, “co”, and “ko” beginnings.


Question: Where does capoeira come from?

Capoeira

Meanings derived from the Portuguese language refer to one form of the rooster word, castrated rooster, henhouse, and chicken cage ().


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However, apparently after about 1577, the word capoeira has begun, in general terms, to refer to the forms of grappling used by slaves and their practitioners.


Question: Where does capoeira come from?

Capoeira

[2] The name capoeira also means a bird found in Brazil, the spotted woody quail (Odontophorus capueira).


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Male representatives of this species behave very aggressively towards each other.


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Capoeira

When threatened, the spotted wood quail avoids flying and tends to hide in the undergrowth using its effective protective colour.


Question: Where does capoeira come from?

Capoeira

History Early sources Many remnants of Capoeira's past have survived.


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Rich oral lineage such as stories, songs and poems tell the long and rich history of capoeira.


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Literary source material has survived in abundance.


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Research into the history of Capoeira is still ongoing, and much of the source material on slavery for the 15th—19th centuries is yet to be read.


Question: Where does capoeira come from?

Capoeira

[3] Birth Theories The origins of Capoeira are still partly obscured by obscurity and debate about African and Brazilian traits of the species takes place.


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Capoeira

Capoeira was supposedly formed as a synthesis of the different styles of fighting, dancing, ritual and playing by slaves brought to Brazil from different parts of Africa.


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The species possibly arose in Salvador and the Bahian Recôncavo, and also developed in places such as Recife and Rio de Janeiro, from where it later disappeared, however.


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[4] Other theories have also been put forward as to the genesis of Capoeira.


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[5] Birth history according to contemporary knowledge According to the most truthful theory, important factors that contributed to the birth of capoeira were the various martial arts, dances, combat dances and rituals from Africa, Europe and Latin America, which have intermingled into cultural synthesis over the centuries.


Question: Where does capoeira come from?

Capoeira

Combining a certain innate need for a person to express themselves culturally, the fading line between struggle, music and dance that emerges in African social culture, the popularity of combat dances in African culture, and the rather rough nature of West Africans habitat change, obtained as an outcome capoeira; as a spontaneous but necessary human and cultural form of self-expression.


Question: Where does capoeira come from?

Capoeira

Descriptions of capoeira from the first half of the 19th century are very similar to contemporary capoeira.


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So you could say that capoeira has evolved as a cultural synthesis to its present form roughly between the years 1800 and 1850.


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However, Capoeira is not unique as a cultural synthesis, but similar species that combine dance and battle, for example, can be found in many countries that have received slaves.


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[6] N'golo Various birth theories propose individual African dances and rituals as the origin of capoeira.


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According to one of the most famous theories, capoeira is related to the initiation ritual (a ritual in which a girl enters adulthood), or efundula, of the mucupe tribe that lived south of Angola.


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According to the theory of Brazilian historian lbano de Neves e Souza, in connection with the efundula, young warriors dance n'golo, or the dance of zebras.


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The son who wins N'golo has the right to choose a wife without dowry from among the girls participating in the initiation ritual.


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Over time, rogue forces (muxilingues) from the Benguela area began to use n'golo steps when fighting.


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According to this view of Neves e Souza, slaves abducted from the region of this tradition would have taken the key elements of the capoeira with them to Brazil and the capoeira would derive directly from the n'golo.


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Neves e Souza's theory, however, is very flawed, based on the criticism of it, and is not based on historical facts.


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Neves e Souza is even suspected of fabricating evidence.


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Because of this, this famous theory is not a very viable factor when studying the history of capoeira.


Question: Where does capoeira come from?

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[3] A martial art dressed in the form of dance According to some accounts, capoeira was a threat to the plantation hosts and they forbade the practice of fighting skills.


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Because of this, slaves wanted to hide combat techniques as the situation so demanded and combined music and ritual-like movements into the “Angola play”.


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In doing so, slaves fooled their masters, who didn't always understand that there were deadly self-defence maneuvers hidden behind strange ritual bouts.


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However, at least when looking at Brazilian law practices in the 19th century, this story cannot be true.


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Roughly until 1814, slave owners had allowed various cultural expressions, including struggle.


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These had even been encouraged, as they were seen as a kind of safety valve for the slavery system and perpetuated differences between African groups.


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Capoeira

Some plantation owners are known to entertain themselves by watching the slaves fight and even various challenge matches took place.


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After 1814, however, perceptions of the dangerousness of slaves changed.


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This resulted in several slave revolts, as well as the arrival of the Portuguese court in Rio de Janeiro.


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Important persecutions began to be directed at slaves and all forms of cultural expression were banned, including struggle, dance and rituals.


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Disguising combat skills as dance or ritual would thus not have made sense, as they were no longer tolerated either.


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[3] Palmares Some who have studied the history of capoeira present the emergence of quilombos and living in them as a key stage in the development of capoeira.


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Capoeira

According to one story, the most significant root of contemporary capoeira would come from the quilombo of Palmares.


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Capoeira

According to the story, the capoeiristas who escaped during the destruction phase of the camp spread the battle dance to other parts of Brazil.


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It is also reported that a constant threat from slave owners would have served as a propulsion for the development of capoeira in quilombos.


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Capoeira

Accompanied by slaves who escaped from various plantations, capoeira would have been further ennobled into an effective martial art.


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However, according to contemporary knowledge, this did not happen; quilombos were defended above all by their remoteness and ultimately by firearms.


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Thus, no very significant relationship is seen in capoeira and quilombos today.


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However, in Quilombos, as well as other gathering places for slaves of African origin, freedom of self-expression, power over one's body and time use, and the need for the affirmation of the identity of runaway slaves representing different tribes have been made possible.


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This has, of course, been very fertile ground for a little cultural exchange.


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[3] Other theories In addition to the search for a direct connection to some individual African tradition, heroic defence of Palmares and the self-defense genre disguised as dance, there are other theories based mostly on the imagination of capoeirists or scholars.


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Related, for example, accounts of mimicking the movements of various animals or the hand shackles of slaves, which allowed only techniques to be performed with feet.


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However, even these theories, based on current historical data, are not true.


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[3] The 16th and 17th centuries With the start of the slave trade between Africa and South America in the 16th century, the word capoeira commonly referred to any form of struggle used by slaves of African origin.


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However, the current form of capoeira at that time apparently has not yet existed.


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18th century The first written sources about capoeira can be found in the 1770s, when the Rioan journalist Joaquim Manuel de Macedo described capoeira and capoeiristas in his columns.


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Around this time, capoeira was found in some form from three cities: Rio de Janeiro, Recife and Salvador.


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However, the capoeira of Rio de Janeiro, which would later be called “capoeira carioca”, was not quite similar to the contemporary form capoeira.


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In Rio de Janeiro, the capoeira only showed itself in its violent form and used no music at all.


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19th century Various 19th-century artworks can be found references to capoeira.


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German painter Johann Moritz Rugendas described Brazilian culture in his book Voyage Pittoresque et historique dans le Brésil, published in 1824.


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In the book, for example, you can find the image “Jogar capoeira ou Danse de la guerre”, the caption of which states: Blacks indulge in another warlike and much more drastic species — capoeira.


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Two champions attack each other, each trying to knock down their opponent by pounding him in the chest.


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The attack is thwarted by side jumps and skillful blocking.


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But every now and then it happens that heads slam together with hard force, and the fun is reduced to a fight in which it is not uncommon for knives to stain the sport with blood.


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Criminalization of Capoeira in the 19th century Different features of African culture were adopted in Brazil until the early 19th century.


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The diversity of Africanism was even promoted because different cultural influences were thought to prevent the emergence of a unified identity and effective resistance.


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This situation changed completely in the early 19th century with the coming of Dom João VI, King of Portugal, into exile in Brazil, when Napoléon Bonaparte extended his conquest of Europe to the Iberian Peninsula as well.


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One of the cornerstones of the policy of dominating Brazil's new powers was the systematic destruction of indigenous cultures.


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Capoeira

Because of this, efforts were made to ban all manifestations of Africanism in Brazil.


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Naturally, this also applied to capoeira.


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Along with the authorities, many slave masters prohibited the practice of the species.


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The consequences of the rise of self-worth among slaves had already been seen, for example, in Haiti in 1804, and those in power feared capoeira would give a sense of nationality and identity building materials.


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The Colonial Administration Act of 1814 prohibited, among other manifestations of indigenous cultures, any dance that was not of European origin.


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Capoeira

These practices on cultural manifestations reveal that the theory of disguising capoeira as dance is probably not accurate.


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Capoeira

From the Rio de Janeiro police archive, the first written records of the authorities on capoeira are met.


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Capoeira

In these documents of the early 19th century, the violent nature of capoeira can be seen.


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Capoeira

In archival material from 1809, capoeira is described as a species with “the use of a stick, a knife, a fist and a razor”.


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Grappling and blade weapon techniques were actively practiced in each street gang's practice sessions, for which one senior member of the gang was always responsible.


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Capoeira

The capoeira depicted was among the infighting of gangs moving around Rio de Janeiro and cultivating the group's more powerful identity.


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Letters from the Military Commission of Rio de Janeiro to the War Department from 1821 also report the violence.


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One letter describes capoeiristas killing six people and stabbing several.


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In battles during the carnival, criminal gangs were reported to be fighting over the “right style to fight.”


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Capoeira

The authority responded to such action with great grips.


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Those met from practicing and using Capoeira were arrested and tortured.


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The habits of the Rio de Janeiro police chief of this time included cutting across the biceps of a captured capoeirista.


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Finally, the interrogatee was thrown into a dungeon.


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Public punishment was also often used, for example flogging.


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State authorities decided from time to time to use capoeira for their benefit.


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Government officials ordered capoeiristas to be used against unwanted German and Irish missionaries in the late 1820s.


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The Brazilian Crown utilized the skills of the capoeiristas during the war against Paraguay in 1865—1870.


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In the war effort, from rehabilitation as a reward, slaves were promised freedom — however, this promise was not universally fulfilled.


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When Brazil in 1889 received its first penal code, the capoeiristas received a special mention.


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Capoeira was criminalized by the force of law and it was decided to eradicate it once and for all from the cities.


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Capoeira

The Código Penal da República dos Estados Unidos do Brasil from that year states that capoeira, as well as all manifestations of African culture, art, religions, music and dances are prohibited.


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Due to the persecution caused by the law, capoeira regressed in several parts of Brazil, but in the state of Bahia, capoeira lived strong.


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Remarkable is that capoeira was practised in many major cities in the 19th century, including Rio de Janeiro and Recife, in a more violent form of the species.


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At the turn of the century, capoeira belonged to the basic skills of the most notorious criminals.


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Capoeira skills were also components of individuals' strong self-awareness.


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At the same time, capoeira created close-knit and hard-to-control groups and dangerous fighters.


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Capoeira groups or street gangs were referred to by the common name maltas.


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In the new urban milieu, capoeira skills were used in addition to self-defence to acquire personal honour and property, and as a building material for a new identity.


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The capoeira “capoeira carioca” of Rio de Janeiro, as well as the Recifean capoeira, was practiced in the 18th and 19th centuries apparently entirely without music and was much more violent in style and purpose than, for example, the Bahian capoeira.


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Blade weapon techniques were part of capoeira carioca as an integral part.


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However, the Riodejaneiran and Recifean capoeira eventually withered virtually away due to severe pressure exerted by the police by the early 20th century.


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The 20th century towards the end of the 20th century capoeira has changed quite a bit.


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In the 1960s and 1970s, as the Rioan Senzala group continued to develop teaching methods and other novelties were introduced into capoeira: belt systems, uniforms, and precise execution methods for performing certain techniques.


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However, the popularity of the Senzala group's method of teaching and certain kinds of standardization has been widespread in the latter part of the 20th century.


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Today, virtually all capoeira groups in the world, regardless of style, therefore follow the teaching method introduced by the Senzala group in the 1960s, which in turn is a retraction of oriental martial arts.


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Perhaps the biggest change, however, was the emergence of bigger groups and the spread of capoeira to all major cities in the world.


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For example, the Senzala Group, managed by the Mestreco Coalition, the Abadà Group of Mestre Camisa, the Mestre Paulinho Sabián, Mestre Boneco and Mestre Paulão's Capoeira Brasil Group, Mestre Mão Branca's Meia Lua Inteira and Mestre Suassuna's Cordão de Ouro Group have grown into huge mega groups with tens of thousands of pupils with offices on more than two continents.


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In addition, there are correspondingly even more smaller groups separated from these groups.


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Capoeira schools and styles may now be found in several Scandinavia and even smaller towns.


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Capoeira, despite standardisation, has not been quite harmless in recent decades.


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It is very diverse, and the races of Rio de Janeiro slums beyond the reach of the tourist are still something quite different today than capoeirarodas in Finland's summery parks.


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Twenty-first century Capoeira has over the past ten years continued its intense spread around the world, and clubs today abound on all inhabited continents, approximating all countries.


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There are presumably around 800 capoeira enthusiasts in Finland, with clubs in major cities.


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Styles and methods of battle Capoeira de angola Capoeira de angola style is mainly calmer, heavier and full of different rites as well as customs.


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Different events, such as passo-á-dois, where matchmakers meet momentarily according to certain rules are important in the Angola style.


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Capoeira angolas are multi-level and can sometimes accelerate very fast.


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The Angola style is considered a more traditional style of capoeira.


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Vicente Ferreira Pastinha Mestre Pastinha's life work on the capoeira de angola stylistic direction named by him has also been very significant with the current state of capoeira in mind.


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Mestre Pastinha (Vicente Ferreira Pastinha) opened the capoeira de angola school in 1941.


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There, capoeira in accordance with Pastinha's ideology began to be taught systematically for the first time.


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Pastinha's aim, as well as Bimba, was to preserve the cultural wealth of the capoeira and at the same time acquire a certain sporting status for the capoeira.


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Pastinha's heritage is today revered by many groups of capoeira de angola practising the style direction of capoeira in their yellow-black uniforms.


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Mestre Pastinha became known as a philosopher of capoeira because of his many aphorisms.


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Mestre Pastinha went blind during the remainder of his life and died at the age of 92 in 1981, destitute and abandoned in his small room after Brazilian authorities closed a school in Largo do Pelourinho, promising to assist in setting up a new school.


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However, Pastinha never received this promised school.


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However, Capoeira de angola remained to live.


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Capoeira regional Capoeira regional is fast, airy and acrobatic in style.


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Regional-style players can nowadays be seen in music videos and some commercials for several ensembles.


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As with Angola style, music and culture play an important part in the regional style as well.


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Partly the songs are the same, but the rhythm played on the berimbau, for example, is different and the pace of the music is often faster.


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The songs are sung in Brazilian-Portuguese.


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In Manoel dos Reis Machado Bahia, the codebase of one of the subdivisions of capoeira was reshaped as a regional style direction differentiated from other capoeirastyles in the 1930s.


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The Capoeira regional school was very strongly personified with mestre Bimba (Manoel dos Reis Machado), who added to the capoeira he learned as influences from other martial arts, techniques of instruction, new forms of match and middle class.


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For example, the acrobatic ingredients of jogo de cintura brought additional spectacularity to the species.


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Bimba's capoeira regional, as it is today called, initially received the designation “Bahian martial art” (port.


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luta regional baiana).


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Later, the name capoeira regional became established in practice.


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The novelties introduced by Bimba included, for example, pre-designed pair exercises, in music Bimba is credited with developing the íuna rhythm.


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Still, Bimba's greatest achievement must have been a certain middle-grading of the capoeira through various ceremonies, open courses and a combative code of behaviour.


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Music and instruments Rhythm for capoeiristas is played on berimbau.


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It is made from the stem of a tree like a biriba tree, about seven palm measures and a pair of palms thick in diameter.


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End-to-end is a tuned tongue.


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The sound-amplifying reverb is a dry bottle pumpkin with a circular opening.


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There are three types of Berimbauta, ranging from low-toned to high-toned.


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The instrument is held in the left hand.


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Two different sounds can be produced using a wooden stick and a coin.


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Berimbau's rhythms may be different in nature, for example slow or fast, or harmonic or non-harmonic.


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Through various rhythms, the nature of the dance is determined.


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[7] Other capoeira instruments include the pandeiro-tambourine and atabaque drum [8] as well as the agogô, a two-piece cowbell, and reco-reco, raspi.


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Berimbau's rhythms are accompanied by vocals.


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There are three types of songs.


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In the corridos, the soloist sings one verse and the chorus responds with the same chorus.


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In Quadras, the soloist improvises four verses and the chorus always responds with the same chorus.


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In the Laidanha song, sung before the game begins, the soloist sings first alone the first part and then with the chorus as the chorus responds to him by repeating his words.


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The lyrics of Capoeira's songs include teachings, rules of conduct, and philosophy of life.


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A lot of the song refers to some candomblé unit.


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[9] Roda Capoeria is taken in a ring named roda (pronounced “hoda” in Brazilian Portuguese).


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The roda is formed so that the bateria plays as one part of the roda's perimeter, and all participants together form a circle.


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The match begins with two players going in front of the bateria to ask permission to initiate, and after that they move in the middle of the circle to match.


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Matches are joyful events often capoeira at its best.


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When the match leader plays the berimbau, he sings and the others respond to the songs as a chorus.


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Although capoeira has a history of violence in some respects, today it is communal and central to friends.


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Capoeira in Finland Capoeira does not have an umbrella organization in Finland (as does the rest of the world) or a national capoeira society.


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In practice, capoeira is practiced in several different clubs in all major cities and also smaller towns (for example, Porvoo).


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Some clubs operate in more cities, but many are individual clubs operating under some teacher.


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Both styles are well represented.


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Sources Capoeira, N.


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A little capoeira book.


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Art House, ISBN 951-884-405-4.


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Question: What does a piece antelope eat?

Impala

Impala, or piece antelope [1] [2] (Aepyceros melampus), is one of the most common antelopes in Africa.


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Impala

It lives as common in many places in eastern and southern Africa.


Question: What does a piece antelope eat?

Impala

The species' habitat includes various fringe environments, open woodland, woodland and shrub vannas.


Question: What does a piece antelope eat?

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It is an antelope medium in size and weighs 40—76 kilograms.


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The coloration is hazel brown on the back, paler on the flanks.


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The abdomen is white.


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There are 15—120 individuals in the impala herds and the structure of the herds varies with the seasons and breeding time.


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Nutrition consists mostly of hay in the rainy season, in the dry season mostly leaves of trees and shrubs.


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Impala preferably drinks daily and stays close to drinking places.


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After a carrier period of 194—200 days, the female usually gives birth to only one vasa, which it breastfeeds for 4—7 months.


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Size and appearance Impalas belong to medium-sized antelopes.


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[1] They are also among the most graceful of the antelopes.


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[3] The combined length of the head and body of an impala is 1.1—1.5 metres, a tail length of 25—40 centimeters, and a height at the withers is 77.5—100 centimeters.


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[4] Males weigh 53—76 kilograms, females 40—53 kilograms.


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[5] Males have comparatively thin, lyrical and ribbed spiral horns, 45 to 92 centimeters long.


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Females are hornless.


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[3] [5] East African impalas grow distinctly larger horns than their species mates living in southern Africa.


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[5] Neck and limbs are slender [3] and tail bushy.


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[5] The hooves are unribbed.


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[4] The olfactory glands of the impala are located above the hind legs, at the same point where there is a dark tassel.


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Adult males have olfactory glands on the forehead as well.


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Females have four mammals.


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[5] The hair of the impala is smooth and shiny.


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The coloration is dark yellowish-brown or reddish on the dorsal side, paler on the legs and thighs.


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[4] The flanks are slightly paler than the back.


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The white belly bordered sharply on the flanks.


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[3] In addition to the abdomen, the throat, the inner parts of the ears, eye circumference and lips are white, [6] as are the inner surfaces of the tail.


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The tips of the ears are black.


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On the tail, as well as on both thighs runs a black streak.


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[5] The Impala has distinctly distinctive black spots on the ankles and cups of the hind legs and in front of the hips of the hind legs.


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Females and males, except for horns, are similar in appearance.


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[7] Even young impalas have colouring characteristic of adults.


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[5] Of the subspecies, the blackface is slightly smaller than the other impalas and also has a black patch and its tail is longer than usual and very bushy.


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[8] Distribution Impala has a wide range inherent in eastern and southern Africa, extending from central and eastern Kenya and north-eastern parts of Uganda to northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal and from there westwards as far as Namibia and the southern parts of Angola.


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[9] In northeastern Angola and Kaokoland in northwestern Namibia, the distribution is clearly distinct from other impalas.


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[9] [7] Impalas have been planted in numerous private game farms and small protected areas throughout southern Africa.


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They have also been moved to two protected areas in Gabon, although the impala is not part of Gabon's natural mammalian species.


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[9] The distribution of the species has remained largely unchanged during the historical period, but the species has disappeared from some areas due to the spread of hunting and settlement.


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From Burundi, the impala has disappeared completely.


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Impala is not endangered and faces no significant threats as a species.


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[9] As an adaptable species, the impala is more resistant to environmental changes caused by overgrazing and culling.


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[7] The total number of the species is estimated to be nearly two million individuals, about a quarter of which live in protected areas.


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Stocks are believed to be stable as a whole, especially in protected areas where their numbers may even be increasing.


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[9] However, the blackface is classified as compromised.


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[10] The major threat factors taxing blackface bear are poaching, cattle husbandry and severe drought.


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Potential interbreeding with common impalas living on game farms in nearby areas also poses a threat to it.


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Between 1968 and 1971 180 blackface fish were moved to Etosha National Park, where their numbers have steadily increased to 1500 individuals.


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Only less than 500 representatives of this subspecies live today.


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They have also been exported to private farms in northern Namibia.


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[11] Habitat Impala is a species of tree and shrub vannah that avoids open areas and forests.


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[7] Normally it is found in areas where low trees grow, tall shrubs and little undergrowth.


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[3] However, it prefers to graze on the edges of wood and bush rims.


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Impalas are happy not to leave far from the proximity of drinking places.


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[8] They prefer acacia savanna in nutrient-rich soil, which provide good quality grass and good quality shoots for the dry season.


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[9] In the rainy season, impalas may also move on grass soils where fragmented shrubs grow.


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[11] Migratory impalas can be met in the middle of the open plain.


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[12] Lifestyles Impalas are mostly daytime active, [5] but they also move somewhat at night.


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For the hottest hours of the day, they stand or rest on the ground in some sheltered place.


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[13] They are the most socially active shortly after the dash and before sunset, when the herds also move the most.


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[6] As the impalas become active, they walk verbally.


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They whizz at the same time their tails, jerk their ears and trample their legs because they are irritated by stinging flies.


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[13] They spend their nights resting on the ground and ruminating on their food.


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[6] In dry times, most of the impalas roam somewhat in search of new grasslands.


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However, there are certain areas where there is no need for such wandering.


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[3] For example, in the Serengeti, an impala individual can live its entire life in an area of ten square kilometers.


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[12] The social structure of impala groups varies at different times of the year.


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A clan of females and vasas normally contains between 15 and 120 individuals, which is influenced by the extent of the living space.


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[6] [7] The territory of females comprises 80 to 180 square kilometres.


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In the rainy season, the turf is fiercely defended, but in the dry season the boundaries overlap both within the same clan and between different clans.


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Eastern African impalas are decidedly more territorial in the dry season than the species mates in southern Africa, where there is more admixture at this time.


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[6] During the dry season, herds of impala may swell up to several hundred individuals.


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[8] In the rainy season, the structure of the herds changes again.


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In this case, three types of different main groups are encountered.


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One group are turf defending males that do not have females.


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The other is formed by the bachelor herds of dogs, which do not defend territory and also include young dogs.


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The turf is established by only about a third of dogs.


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The third group are the breeding herds formed by females and their chicks, in which males less than four years old also move.


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During the dry season, males join groups of males or alternatively live in mixed groups with females.


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[6] At the onset of the estrus, the female herds fragment into smaller parts.


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Males struggling for reproductive rights re-establish the turf, and the turf less team up together in small groups that can occasionally join the herd of females.


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Just before the estrus, however, only a few males can join the female group.


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[14] Only about a third of males establish territory covering an area of 20 to 90 hectares.


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Males mark the territory with urine and feces and defend it from intruders.


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[15] After acquiring the turf, the impales visit water wells located in no man's land.


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Males are quite aggressive during the estrus period, but especially aggressive they are turf when establishing.


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That's when fights and chases are common.


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[16] Impalas are mostly silent, but the males' turf vocalization consists of a rather far-bearing hoarse rhythmic mopping and rumbling.


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[17] [7] Females walk through the males' turf, the male tries to keep control of them and eventually fertilize the females in estrus.


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[15] [14] The male notices the female's estrus in its urine.


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After this, it begins to advertise itself to the female by jolting, snuggling, or shallow stretching.


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The male then begins to chase the female, and before mating it might still nod and wiggle its tongue.


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[6] After the estrus subsides, males stop defending the turf and may join the group of other males.


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Groups of females and juveniles are more persistent than dog herds.


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[14] Perhaps the most attention-grabbing feature of the Impala is its escape response.


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When the impalas are disturbed, the whole herd begins to leap.


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Impalas leap forward, straight, up and sides, with leaps of 5 to 10 metres long and up to three metres high.


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The behaviour is believed to baffle predators, and leaping impalas with their sharply bounded colours often seem to confuse the attacker.


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[16] [8] Another peculiar feature of jumps is that when the jumping impala lowers its feet to the ground, it kicks its hind legs into the air.


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Differing from many other plains herbivores, impalas tend to escape among dense vegetation rather than into the open savanna.


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[15] The main predator of impalas is apparently the leopard, [16] [14] but they are also preyed upon by cheetahs, lions, spotted hyenas, hyena dogs, crocodiles and pythons.


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[15] Vasas are also threatened by large birds of prey such as the gazelle eagle [17] as well as small felines, jackals and baboons.


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[18] To repel ticks and other outdoor parasites, the impalas socked their fur by licking it from the bottom up.


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In addition, they comb their entire fur, using the front teeth of the lower jaw as an aid.


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The teeth used for sucking are thin and needle-like, which helps in the extraction of parasites.


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Like other antelopes, the impala often scrapes from its front bodies with hooves on their hind legs to extract outdoor parasites.


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[13] Reproduction At the Equator, impalas give birth throughout the year, but most of them are born in March and November.


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[4] In Zimbabwe, the first vasas are born in early December.


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Their quantitative peak occurs between mid-December and early January.


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Two-year-old females are first-births, and their vases are born slightly later than the offspring of older females.


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[3] The female carries a period of 194—200 days.