Some capoeira groups restrict participation to African descended people however, these groups represent a minority and most academies accept students from a variety of racial backgrounds. Traditional claims to authenticity are those inherent in the individual such as race, ethnicity, and lineage. Pilgrims rely on two categories of cultural capital, traditional and charismatic, to claim a legitimate peripheral participation role. Gaining legitimacy is predicated upon acceptance into a legitimate peripheral participation role. This motivates pilgrims to claim legitimacy. Existential authenticity refers to a feeling of fit between an individual’s identity and a specific practice. I present a typology to explain the different ways pilgrims can argue for their legitimacy. In Brazil, pilgrims must negotiate their legitimacy vis-à -vis local capoeiristas. Pilgrims travel to Salvador da Bahia, Brazil to train with legendary masters and to absorb the history and aura of the city that figures so prominently in their cosmology. Apprenticeship pilgrimage is one way non-Brazilian capoeiristas can augment their authenticity. Competing claims about who owns capoeira lead to questions of authenticity. Capoeira resonates with nationalistic and racial identities, but also speaks to people outside of Brazil and the African Diaspora. Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that has survived decades of marginalization, but now has a wide following in Brazil and throughout the world.
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