football
Football is the most popular sport in Brazil. For now Brazil still held the record as the most country that won the world cup for 5 times. The Brazil national soccer team has a nickname of Canarinho and Verde-Amarela that mean Canary and Green-Yellow since their jersey has the canary, green, yellow color.
Football does not originated in Brazil, football originated in England. A Scotland man who is living in Brazil introduces the locals to football then players from England make football a strong culture.
Source: http://www.brazil.org.za/football.html#.U_cNz6mXI1g |
capoeira
Capoeira is Brazilian martial arts that combine fighting movements, music, dance and acrobatics. Capoeira is developed in Brazil by the African descendants and help by native Brazilian.
Capoeira usually is used for self defense but sometimes it is used for a game where they only practice their skills not trying to knock down enemy.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capoeira |
Foot volley
Foot volley is one of the sports that were originally created in Brazil in 1965 by Octavio de Moraes. It is a mixture of beach volley game and football.
The rules are to only use their foot to move the ball and basically the same rules of football and volleyball.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footvolley#Brazil |