Batuque is a Brazilian game played in Bahia in the early part of the twentieth century but now extinct. A similar game, pernada, was popular in Rio de Janeiro about the same time. Players stand in a circle; one player stands in the center in a defensive position, and another moves around him, suddenly attacking. The attacking player tries to throw the defending player to the ground with blows from his legs. Mestre Bimba's father was a champion of batuque, and research seems to indicate that Mestre Bimba incorporated some techniques into his Capoeira Regional courses. For the genus of wildflowers in the family Asteraceae, see Bahia (Botany) Bahia is a state in the north-east of Brazil. ... Ipanema beach A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil. ... The son of Luiz Cândido Machado and Maria Martinha do Bonfim, Manuel dos Reis Machado known famously as Mestre Bimba (November 23rd, 1900 - February 15, 1974) was born at the bairro do Engenho Velho in Salvador, Brazil. ...

For further details, see Capoeira: Roots of the Dance-Fight-Game, by Nestor Capoeira, ISBN 1-55643-404-9.

Batuque is also an old name for Candomblé, an Afro-Brazilian religion (an Orisha cult). In Rio Grande do Sul State, in Brazil, it is still practiced by this name. Ilê Axé Iya Nassô Oká - Terreiro da Casa Branca Candomblé is an Afro_American religion practised chiefly in Brazil but also in adjacent countries. ... This article is about the type of spirit. ... Rio Grande do Sul is the southernmost state in Brazil. ...