The competition offers capoeira artists from all around the world the opportunity to showcase their talents to a wider audience, and receive highly sought after international recognition and acclaim.

also in may, since 2011 the desafio da paz (challenge of peace) is a symbolic 5 km run taking the participants through the streets and roads followed by the drug lords while fleeing the police forces during the upp occupation and pacification of the favelas in the complexo do alemão - the desafio da paz also takes runners across other pacified favelas on different dates.

due to the spectacular natural beauty of its views, the rio de janeiro's marathon is quickly becoming one of the most followed in latin america and in the world.