Brazzil

there would be capoeira gangs up in recife. each one would be defending the marching street frevo band representing thier district.

street frevo (frevo de rua) bands as oposed to frevo cancao (frevo songs sung by people) and other frevos, is the marching horn sections and snare drum and surdo, which is the large bass drum , that marched up and down the streets of recife and olinda at carnival.

where you see modern day frevo passistas carrying umbrelas , these are actualy substitutes for the machetes that the capoeirists would carry.

you see , the object was to get as close to an oposing capoeirists frevo band as posible with the machete and try to puncture the big surdo bass drum.

there would be some bloody incidents and gang fights, sounds like some very fascinating stuff.

so you can see in the modern day frevo from recife, which is a very powerful thing and difucult dance , the small umbrelas which represent machetes, and , athletic moves that represent capoeira...

i read this from jose teles book " frevo ate mangue beat "