Soteropolitan children and the right to capoeira

Abstract

Questioning the right to culture and leisure, starting from the meaning of the circle and fun for children from Salvador who practice capoeira, is the purpose of this article. To do so, we analyzed the content of the records of forty-seven children practicing capoeira in Salvador through the question: what is capoeira for you? We selected three records whose content is directed to the right to learning and playfulness in capoeira. We then conclude that playfulness, leisure time, soaked in culture, brings childhood and capoeira close together. An aparent distancing is justified by the persecution and criminalization of capoeira. After resisiting and being re-signified, we see that they are in the same circle, in a relashioship of camaraderie, of vagrancy, affirming the rightful place of children in capoeira.