The title of Mattjis van der Port’s anthropological film The Body Won’t Close references a performer of this activity who claimed to have impervious skin. The name “stingray’s tail” is used to describe any movement in this activity involving a swinging kick over the performer’s head. (15[1])Two gangs, (15[1])or maltas, performing this activity attacked each other (15[1])in an 1870s proxy war for the Liberal and Conservative parties of their country. This activity is traditionally accompanied by patterned rhythms (15[1])played (15[1])by a trio (15[1])of microtonal, gourd-and-bow (15[1])instruments (15[1])called (15[1])(*) berimbau. (10[4]-5[1])Performers of this (10[1])activity recover from blows with cartwheels (10[1])called aú (10[1]-5[1])and build technique from a rocking (10[1])movement called the (-5[1])ginga (jeen-gah). This martial art, whose carioca form involved straight razor attacks, is derived from the Bantu engolo ritual combat and originated in (10[1])Bahia. For 10 points, name this Afro-Brazilian (10[1])martial (10[1])art. (0[2])■END■