What countries specialize in certain skills? | Miscellaneous / Off-topic | Forum

Various crafts come to mind, if you're interested in those. You might have to search to find teachers/classes in some cases, however. For example Clones (crochet) lace in Clones, Ireland (I'm a crocheter and sometime knitter, so I know more about fibre crafts). You can find local woodcrafts etc in many parts of the world, as well. In many/most cases this would be people following a tradition, rather than having originated the craft themselves, of course.

Over here in Brazil you can learn the beautiful martial art of Capoeira  from very traditional scholls, especially in Bahia.

The great thing about it is that not only you get to learn the moves (It is more a mixture between dance / agility game than an actual "fight" – In fact, people actually get banned from scholls if they misbehave or enter with intents of learning the skills for aggression purposes), but also how to play the diverse and exotic instruments involved in the play, its history, music and philosophy.

It's a genuinely brazillian artform. I'm not at all biased when I say it is indeed breath-taking to witness a Roda de Capoeira (Capoeira Circle) in person (I get much the same feeling when seeing a Taiko performance!). All over the country there are street groups that perform their shows and even invite the audiences t take part, both as watchers or as actual jogadores (Players), if so they wish.