Capoeira is a Brazilian art that mixes fighting, dance, and song. It grew among African people in Brazil, and the music — drums, clapping, a bow-like instrument — is not extra decoration; it is part of the thing itself. Two people move inside a circle of others, in a low, swinging way that can look like a dance until a kick comes. People call it a martial art, and that is fair, though actually it is not the same kind of sport as karate or taekwondo: you are also playing, singing, and answering the music. You will meet the word in travel films, dance schools, and lists of world sports. English borrowed the Portuguese name as it is.