Capoeira performance in the plaza at Festival Betances.

Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20224559
Title:
Capoeira performance in the plaza at Festival Betances.
Date created:
[ca. 1996]
Type of resource:
Still image
Genre:
Photographs
Format:
Image
electronic
1 color print : 4 x 6 in.
Digital origin:
reformatted digital
Abstract/Description:
Two men perform capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art disguised as dance that originated with slaves. Spectators line the ledges along the edges of the plaza. This performance is one of the many events at Festival Betances, the oldest Latino community arts festival in New England.
Acquisition:
Donated by Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción.
Funding:
This project was partially funded with federal assistance from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
Related item:
Capoeira performance in the plaza at Festival Betances.
Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción records (M111)
Audio-Visual Material and Memorabilia
Subjects and keywords:
Capoeira (Dance)
Community life -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Ethnic festivals
Hispanic Americans -- Social life and customs
Spectators
Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (Boston, Mass.)
Permanent URL:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20224559
Identifier:
A011752
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