In the year 1922 went out on the Brazilian company into São Paulo's important new impulses from the "week of the modern art." The opinion however still remained valid that Brazil's culture from the mixture of races from three continents - America - Europe and Africa,Some critics are of the opinion, the Brazilian culture receives again and again new inventive strengths and own stamping from this conscious turn to the local peculiarities and their representation in an internationally valid artistic language. What the shaping art involves, so Brazilians like Aleijadinho, Candido Portinari, Anita Malfatti and Tarsila Amaral contributed to developing autonomous Brazilian style directions in the respective epochs and molding. Particularly the architect Oscar Niemeyer and his partner Lucio Costa, the planners of the new capital Brasilia, are outstanding representatives of the artistic work of the 20. Century in Brazil. Film and television in Brazil can offer with a large number of good actors and experienced producers. Thanks to new funding ways, it succeeded to build an individual production. With gripping actions and shiny interpretation through good actors as well as Brazil succeeded outstanding film music in venturing into the world top of the film makers. Films like "Central do Brazil" of Walter Salles and "City od God" of Fernando Mereilles won a row of international prices and are known also in Germany. "City o God" had even 4 nominations for an Oscar.

Capoeira become a Brazilian fight dance, whose origin led back on the African NíGolo ("zebra dance").Capoeira during the colonial time in Brazil from practices from Africa of embarked slaves and develops. The African elements merged additionally with influences of other fight arts like for example fight, jujitsu and Wushu in the course of the years. Capoeira of three levels is textual embossed: the fight, the music and the "Roda", Portuguese "wheel", as social framework, in which the fight takes place. The fight technologies even distinguish themselves through extreme flexibility; there are many rotatory steps, stood in steps and acrobatics. Music is played traditionally to the fights, this follows an unending rhythm in different variations; becomes matching to it, still frequently sung descendant songs from the time of the slavery. The fights always take place in a Roda. This Roda consists of a circle of Capoeiristas and the musicians. Always two Capoeiristas fight in the Roda, with what the term is used "game" for a fight in the Capoeira. A Roda is particularly influenced from the archaic force, that is inherent in the Capoeira,
 

 

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