A circle is made, the music is played, and everyone sings and claps while two players interact in the center. The leading instrument is the berimbau, and a drum called an atabaque and a pandeiro (tambourine) accompany it.
"I got started in Capoeira by taking a course at Stonehill called Creative Process where we were encouraged to learn anything new for the semester," said Bryan Perkins, sophomore and creator of the new Afro- Brazilian martial arts club, Capoeira.