Repressions to capoeiragem in Rio de Janeiro in the XIX and XX centuries: childhood criminalized

The capoeira fighting game, recognized as fluminense, brazilian and humanity s Intangible Heritage, can also be understood as an educational heritage, with its set of knowledge and practices and its pedagogical processes. This art was severely repressed by the Brazilian State throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, to the point of criminalizing its practice and respective practitioners and apprentices, including children still in childhood. This study sought to investigate the issues surrounding the childhood of practitioners of this heritage during the period mentioned and the respective impacts of repression and criminal legislation on the transmission of knowledge of this art.