Mestre Bimba, the Brazilian martial arts expert, was born on this date in Salvador, Bahia, in 1899. The subject of the latest Google Doodle, Manuel dos Reis Machado is known as the first to legitimise ...

Bimba mastered capoeira and founded the world's first school to teach the 'dance/fight' martial arts style THE unique cocktail of acrobatics, dance, music and martial arts is known to Brazilians as ...

This movement-filled biography about Brazilian capoeira mestre Bimba (1899–1974) begins with his youth in Salvador, Brazil, where he’s taken with the combination of “music, fighting, theatrics, and ...

Juan Goncalves-Borrega, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Two young men dressed in white kneel on the ground, ready to begin their duel. Eyes lock onto those of his opponent.

Capoeira, the martial art form combining acrobatics, dance, music and song, is as integral to Brazil’s identity as its football team. Friday’s Google Doodle celebrates just that by honoring the 119th ...

Today’s Google Doodle is a beautiful gif of people doing Capoeira. The Brazillian sport was featured as it would have been Mestre Bimba’s 119th birthday today. He was a master practitioner of the ...

Join the conversation here and subscribe to our YouTube channel to never miss a new episode. When capoeirista Ricky Lawson II teaches new students in the Afro-Brazilian art form of capoeira, he often ...

THE unique cocktail of acrobatics, dance, music and martial arts is known to Brazilians as capoeira and has been practised for hundreds of years. Today's Google Doodle pays homage to Manuel dos Reis ...

A blend of martial arts, acrobatics, dance, and music, Capoeira has been practiced in Brazil for hundreds of years. Today’s Doodle celebrates Manuel dos Reis Machado, or Mestre Bimba, the master who ...

A blend of martial arts, acrobatics, dance, and music, Capoeira has been practiced in Brazil for hundreds of years. Today’s Doodle celebrates Manuel dos Reis Machado, or Mestre Bimba, the master who ...