{"product_id":"capoeira-game-dance-martial-art-9781620141885","title":"Capoeira: Game! Dance! Martial Art!","description":"\u003cp\u003eChoices, Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA photo-essay about the history and practice of Capoeira, a centuries-old Brazilian martial art incorporating traditional movements and rhythmic music, that is popular today as an energetic game played throughout the United States and around the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCAPOEIRA -- it's a game, a dance, a martial art! It's a way of expressing oneself through movement and music. With action-packed photographs and accessible text, readers are introduced to this exciting, popular game. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt Madinga Academy in Oakland, California, a group of girls and boys practice the acrobatic moves of capoeira. Then they begin to play games to the infectious, rhythmic beat of traditional music and singing. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn to Brazil to experience capoeira in its historic birthplace, where it dates back four hundred years. Capoeira developed as a way of fighting among enslaved Africans, was outlawed the the government, and was permitted once again in 1930 as a martial art and game. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBack in Oakland, at an end-of-year ceremony, students receive their colored ropes indicating their levels of accomplishment. They also look forward to next year, and the fun of expressing themselves through the game, dance and martial art of capoeira.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee \u0026amp; Low Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620141885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.30h x 8.00w x 0.10d","brand":"George Ancona","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43112106131637,"sku":"9781620141885","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b10b3772-2955-4900-9290-b1bdddfd407b.jpg?v=1693928836","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/capoeira-game-dance-martial-art-9781620141885","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}