Now to the reemergence of capoeira! The art stayed dormant til around 1937 when Mestre Bimba (seen as 1 of the fathers of modern capoeira) was invited to demonstrate capoeira in from of the president of Brazil at that time, Getulio Vargas. Apparently the president was impressed because he gave Mestre Bimba permission to open the first capoeira school in Brazil. Since that time capoeira has spread like wildfire! Mestre Bimba’s teachings made a tremendous contribution to the capoeira community. Then in 1942 the other father of capoeira, Mestre Pastinha opened the first school in Angola. Capoeira continues to be widely practices in Brazil and world wide by all walks of life. It is no longer dominated by Afro-Brazilians, capoeira transcends racial and gender boundaries!
Mestre Bimba 
Mestre Pastinha
