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LigaSP
The Liga Independente das Escolas de Samba de São Paulo - Independent League of the Samba Schools of São Paulo - or LigaSP is an entity that administrates the Special and Access Groups of the Carnival of São Paulo. In 1986 directors of the principal samba schools of São Paulo and a group of samba composers and dancers gathered in an assembly decided to create an association that would administrate the Paulista carnival. Nowadays the LigaSP manages the parades, repassing the lucres to the samba schools of the Special and Access Groups, creating a group of sporting samba schools. in 2018 changes take control of all the groups in Anhembi , with the inclusion of Group 1, until then UESP. so we have the Access Groups 1 and 2. Presidents Grupo Especial ; Friday * Acadêmicos do Tucuruvi * Colorado do Brás * Mancha Verde * Tom Maior * Unidos de Vila Maria * Acadêmicos do Tatuapé * Dragões da Real ; Saturday * Vai-Vai * Gaviões da Fiel * Mocidade Alegre * Águia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mocidade Alegre
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Vai-Vai
Grêmio Recreativo Cultural Social Escola de Samba Vai-Vai , popularly known simply as Vai-Vai is a samba school from São Paulo, Brazil. At the beginning of the 20th century, there were in the neighborhood Bixiga, at Rua Marques Lion, a football team called Cai-Cai which used the colors black and white, which formed part of a group of crying and played in the field of Lusitana, near the intersection of rock and Una, Saracura River region. Around 1928 a group of friends, led by Livinho and Benedito Sardinha helped to animate the games and parties performed by the Cai-Cai, but were always seen as freeloaders and troublemakers, being called jokingly as "the Vae-Vae gang." Expelled from the Cai-Cai, they created the "Pack of the Tattered", and in parallel, the Vae-Vae Carnival and Sports Cord, which was formalized in 1930. Vai-Vai is a multiple times champion at the Carnival of São Paulo. Classifications See also * Torcida Jovem The Torcida Jovem () are a ''torcida organi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grupo De Acesso
The Grupo de Acesso - Access Group - was created for the first time in the city of Rio de Janeiro when the UGESB, FBES and UCES resolved to organize a unique competition, unlike the last three years, where schools would be divided into groups. Before this, there was only one association of samba schools and all the schools participated in the same division. However, in 1952, with the unification of the entities, people concluded that there were too many schools to parade in the same day, and divided the schools into groups according to each school's efficiency. Therefore, they decided to place in Group 1 (current Special Group) the best 24 schools, while the other schools would parade in Group 2 (current Access Group, or Grupo de Acesso), with the promise of possibilities of ascension or fall, promise that was only realized in 1954, two years later. In 1960, Group 3 (current Access Group B) was created, and in 1979, the first change of names, with the first Group D. The divisions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samba Schools
A samba school ( pt, Escola de samba) is a dancing, marching, and drumming (Samba Enredo) club. They practice and often perform in a huge square-compounds ("quadras de samba") and are devoted to practicing and exhibiting samba, an Afro-Brazilian dance and drumming style. Although the word "school" is in the name, samba schools do not offer instruction in a formal setting. Samba schools have a strong community basis and are traditionally associated with a particular neighborhood. They are often seen to affirm the cultural validity of the Afro-Brazilian heritage in contrast to the mainstream education system,Dils A., Albright A., (eds.) "Moving History / Dancing Cultures - A Dance History Reader", Wesleyan University Press 2001:169. and have evolved often in contrast to authoritarian development. The phrase "escola de samba" is popularly held to derive from the schoolyard location of the first group's early rehearsals. In Rio de Janeiro especially, they are mostly associated with poo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torcida Jovem
The Torcida Jovem () are a ''torcida organizada'', or supporters' group, for Santos FC, a Brazilian professional football club based in Santos, Brazil. Founded in 1969 by a group of fans from São Paulo, the group set out to make it a goal to attend every match that the club played in the capital of São Paulo. With over 70,000 members, it is one of the largest supporting groups in Brazil. The current president is André Vinícius "Deko". Grêmio Recreativo Cultural Social Escola de Samba Torcida Jovem, popularly known simply as Torcida Jovem, is a samba school from São Paulo, Brazil. History During the late 1960s when Santos FC fan base did not extend beyond the limits of the city of Santos, a group of men made a point to attend every game the team played in São Paulo. After a few matches, the group began to arrange together trips to any state venue to popularize the idea o support the club, and negate the provocations of other rival fans. The habit of attending the cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnival Of São Paulo
The Carnival of São Paulo ( pt, Carnaval de São Paulo) is a major Brazilian Carnival. It takes place in the Anhembi Sambadrome of São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ... on the Friday and Saturday night of the week of Carnival.Francisco de Assis Santana Mestrinel (Chico Santana)"O samba e o carnaval paulistano"/ref> No carnival was held in 1915–18, 1940–45 nor since 2021. References São Paulo Carnival {{SaoPauloState-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo (city)
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the List of largest cities in Brazil, most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, the List of Brazilian states by population, most populous and List of Brazilian federative units by gross domestic product, wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region. Listed by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, GaWC as an global city, alpha global city, São Paulo is the List of cities in the Americas by population, most populous city proper in the Americas, the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the List of cities proper by population, world's 4th largest city proper by population. Additionally, São Paulo is the largest Portuguese language, Portuguese-speaking city in the world. It exerts strong international influences in commerce, finance, arts and entertainment. The city's name honors Paul the Apostl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Carnival
The Carnival of Brazil ( pt, Carnaval do Brasil, ) is an annual Brazilian festival held the Friday afternoon before Ash Wednesday at noon, which marks the beginning of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter. During Lent, Roman Catholics and some other Christians traditionally abstained from the consumption of meat and poultry, hence the term "carnival", from ''carnelevare'', "to remove (literally, "raise") meat." Rhythm, participation, and costumes vary from one region of Brazil to another. In the southeastern cities of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Vitória, Espírito Santo, Vitória, huge organized parades are led by samba schools. Those official parades are meant to be watched by the public, while minor parades (''blocos'') allowing public participation can be found in other cities, like Belo Horizonte, also in the southeastern region. The northeastern cities of Recife, Olinda, Salvador, Bahia, Salvador, and Porto Seguro have organized groups parading through streets, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anhembi Sambadrome
The Polo Cultural e Esportivo Grande Otelo, commonly known as Anhembi Sambadrome, is a Sambadrome and one of the largest outdoor venues for major events in the city of São Paulo in Brazil. It opened in 1991, and has a capacity of 103,200 people. It hosts around 30 events per year, including the São Paulo carnival, Independence Day celebrations, and music events. Location The Sambadrome is one of the largest outdoor venues for major events in the city of São Paulo in Brazil. It is managed by São Paulo Turismo. It is part of the Anhembi Convention Center, at 1.209 Avenida Olavo Fontoura in Santana, near to the Portuguesa–Tietê metro station. Design It was designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer. It opened in 1991, with an initial capacity of 10,000 people. In 1992 it doubled capacity to 20,000 people with the opening of new grandstands. On 12 February 1996 the full stadium was completed, with a total capacity of 30,000 people, of which 26,246 can be seated. Today's capacit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UESP
The União das Escolas de Samba de São Paulo – Union of the Samba Schools of São Paulo – or UESP is an entity that organizes the parades of the Carnival of São Paulo, SP, Brazil. It was created in 1973 when the samba schools obtained their recognition, because in that epoch the entity helped councils to regularize their statutes, professionalizing the parades. Nowadays the entity counts on 68 other carnivalesque entities, among samba schools, schools of inferior divisions, and carnivalesque blocos. Presidents Grupo Especial de Bairro ; Sunday * * * * * * ; Monday * * * * * * Grupo 1 de Bairro ; * * * * * * ; * * * * * * Grupo 2 de Bairro ; * * * * * * * * * * * Grupo 3 de Bairro ; Sunday * * * ; * * * * ; * * * * Iracema Meu Grande Amor External links Official website São Paulo Carnival Samba schools of São Paulo {{Brazil-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rede Globo
TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air Television broadcasting, television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Grupo Globo. The TV station is by far the largest of its holdings. Globo is the largest commercial TV network in Latin America and the second-largest commercial TV network in the world behind the American Broadcasting Company and the largest producer of telenovelas. All of this makes Globo renowned as one of the most important television networks in the world and Grupo Globo as one of the largest media groups. Globo is headquartered in the Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, Jardim Botânico neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, where its news division is based. The network's main production studios are located at a complex dubbed ''Estúdios Globo'', located in Jacarepaguá, in the same city. Globo is composed of 5 owned-and-operated television st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mancha Verde
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional association football, football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes (district of São Paulo), Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around 18 million supporters and more than 80,000 affiliated fans. Despite being primarily a football club, Palmeiras competes in a number of different sports. The football team plays in the Campeonato Paulista, the States of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo's premier State football leagues in Brazil, state league, as well as in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brasileirão Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system. Palmeiras was founded by Italian immigrants in 1914, as "Palestra Itália" (). However, the club changed its name on 14 September 1942, as a result of Brazil joining the Allies of World War II, Allies in the World War II, Second World War ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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