Capoeira performance in the plaza at Festival Betances.
Digital Commonwealth — Northeastern University Library

Capoeira performance in the plaza at Festival Betances.

[ca. 1996]

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Northeastern University Library

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.

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