The Evanston Escola de Samba, an organization that teaches and performs Brazilian music and dance, came together for the 10th time during the Fourth of July Parade to celebrate multiculturalism ...

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Meanwhile, escolas de samba (community-based "samba schools" that organise the world-famous Carnival parade with its giant floats and thrilling costumes) elect a rainha da bateria (queen of the ...

Ripple Escola de Samba are from Ripple Primary School in Barking, Essex. The group ensemble is born out of a world music project and has since gone from strength to strength. The group has raised ...

Portela is now an intangible heritage of the state of Rio de Janeio. Law 9,505 that granted the title to the Madureira samba school was sanctioned by Governor Cláudio Castro and published today ...

but also pagode [a type of samba/subgenre of samba] and carioca funk." For Lima, the G rêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Acadêmicos do Salgueiro samba school holds one of Rio's best feijoadas.