Editing Capoeira (section)

=== Inverted worldview ===
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In [[Kongo religion|Bantu religion]], [[Kalunga (Kongo religion)|kalûnga]] represents the idea that, in the realm of the living everything is reversed from the realm of the ancestors. Where men walk on their feet, the spirits [[Hand walking|walk on their hands]]; where men reach their peak physical abilities, the ancestors reach their peak spirituality. Inhabitants of the ancestral realm are inverted compared to us, as viewed from our mirrored perspective.<ref name="Kambon"/> With this particular worldview, practitioners of African martial arts deliberately invert themselves upside down to emulate the ancestors, and to draw strength and power from the ancestral realm.<ref name="Kambon">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326942344_AfrikanBlack_Combat_Forms_Hidden_in_Plain_Sight_EngoloCapoeira_Knocking-and-Kicking_and_Asafo_Flag_Dancing Obadele Bakari Kambon, Afrikan=Black Combat Forms Hidden in Plain Sight: Engolo/Capoeira, Knocking-and-Kicking and Asafo Flag Dancing]</ref>{{sfn|Desch-Obi|2008|p=3}}

One of the capoeira ritual is performing the "au" at the beginning of the game. This act symbolizes a profound transition in [[Kongolese religion]], where touching the ground with hands while feet are up in the air signifies the player crosses over to other worlds.{{sfn|Talmon-Chvaicer|2008|p=144}}

Capoeira has been additionally shaped by the cosmic worldview of [[candomblé]], an Afro-Brazilian religion that has engaged with various manifestations of natural energies.{{sfn|Capoeira|2002|p=19}} The capoeira player in past usually had his ''[[Orisha|orixá]]'' or ''santo'' ([[patron saint]]) as [[Ogun|Ogum]] (the Warrior) or [[Oshosi|Oxóssi]] (the Hunter).{{sfn|Capoeira|2002|p=61}}