Capoeira! Play, fight or dancing?

Capoeira was born from Brazilian Slavery History, it was a smart way of african-slaves in Brazil trainning their fight skills and pretending they are dancing.
The moviments are just amazing they just seems to fly, the fact of being a marcial art with music it just add more charm.
By chance this picture was taken in Manaus, but I could be in others north-northeast areas. Not so common to see performances at streets in others regions.

Pics by Steff, thank you for the capoeira group... I don't remember the name.