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Salvador da Bahia

Documented cultural locality within Brazil, home to Capoeira.

Level regionWithin BrazilCoordinates 12.9700° S, 38.5100° WOpenStreetMap ↗
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Classification
Place
Origin / Scope
Brazil
Connected Rooms
1 Tradition
Bibliography
1 Source

Archival note & context

Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) is attested in the archive as a primary centre of practice for Capoeira.

Practised here

1
Capoeira
Salvador da Bahia, Brazil · Dance
■■■■ Thriving

Sources

1

What’s on this page is sourced from the citation below.

SourcePublisherLicence
Gazetteer & Cultural Heritage Record — Salvador da Bahia, BrazilWikidata / UNESCO ICH, 2025CC BY-SA 4.0
"Salvador da Bahia." Folkroom Archive (Places), https://folkroom.org/places/salvador-da-bahia · CC BY-SA 4.0.
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