a short bamboo dowel is fixed into the ground and a circle with a diameter of 5 inches is drawn around it. 

after placing a small object on top of the stick, players take turns trying to dislodge the stick-topper with tossed coins. to win, a player will strike the stick with his coin sufficiently hard, causing the small object to land outside of the circle.

just as familiar games such as dodgeball, bandits and cowboys, or jacks, take on a uniquely brazilian ethos, so does capture-the-flag.