A priori, it is not clear what it 'is ... and if you are told that the capoeirista is the athlete who practices capoeira, this helps you? Me, not really.
Tribute to the Lusophone Culture
Capoeira is a "dance-fight" typical of the Brazilian Nordeste and specifically Salvador de Bahia. Capoeira is primarily known as being the Brazilian martial art.
The origin of 3 August
This day was chosen because it was on that date that the government of the state of Sao Paulo created the law in 1985 and 4649 has set August 3 as Capoeirista Day. Initially, it was therefore a purely Brazilian-Brazilian initiative.
He had not reckoned without the power distribution in the diaspora because today capoeira exists in almost every country in the world and, in many cities, it has become the first vector of the Portuguese language practice.
A site visit: gingacapoeira.wordpress.com