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