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União Da Ilha Do Governador
The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba União da Ilha do Governador (Recreation Guild Samba School Union of Governor's Island) was founded on March 7, 1953 by the friends Maurício Gazelle, and Quincas Orphylo, who were in Cacuia, the main site of the carnival parade of the Ilha do Governador, watching the presentation of small schools of samba and blocks of various districts of the island. It was then decided that the neighborhood of Cacuia should be represented by a samba school. Currently, the school is based in Estrada do Galeão in the neighborhood of Cacuia. History The União da Ilha do Governador remained some time between the second and third groups, and in 1974, were crowned champions when the second group received access to the main group from the years following. From 1977, with the theme "Sunday", till 1980, when they took second place with the theme "Good, Nice and Cheap", the Island has made a fashionable impression, with no definitive one of the samba school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portela (samba School)
The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Portela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is a decorated, traditional samba school. It was champion of the 2017 Carnival parade and has the highest number of wins in the top-tier Rio parade, with 22 titles in total. History At the start of the 20th century, in Oswaldo Cruz, a neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro there was a carnivalesque group of dancers called ''Quem Fala de Nós Come Mosca'' literally translated as "Who talks about us eats flies". They were based in Dona Ester. A dissidence of this group of dancers (called "bloco" in Brazilian Portuguese) appeared in 1922 and another ''bloco'', the ''Baianinhas de Oswaldo Cruz'' ( Baianas of Oswaldo Cruz) was created. Later, a dissidence of Baianas created the ''Conjunto Carnavalesco Oswaldo Cruz'' (Carnaval Ensemble Oswaldo Cruz) on April 11, 1926. The founders were from Oswaldo Cruz however, Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Portela was actually founded, on 412 Portela Road, in the nei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Vasconcelos
Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Jack (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Jack (Tekken), multiple fictional characters in the fighting game series ''Tekken'' * Jack the Ripper, an unidentified British serial killer active in 1888 * Wolfman Jack (1938–1995), a stage name of American disk jockey Robert Weston Smith * New Jack, a stage name of Jerome Young (1963-2021), an American professional wrestler * Spring-heeled Jack, a creature in Victorian-era English folklore Animals and plants Fish * Carangidae generally, including: ** Almaco jack ** Amberjack ** Bar jack ** Black jack (fish) ** Crevalle jack **Giant trevally or ronin jack **Jack mackerel **Leather jack ** Yellow jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duque De Caxias
Duque is a Spanish surname meaning " duke". People Notable people with the name include: * Jaime Enrique Duque Correa (1943–2013), Colombian Roman Catholic bishop * Andrés Duque (21st century), American activist * Carlos Duque (1930–2014), Panamanian politician * Cynthia Duque (born 1992), Mexican beauty pageant winner * Francisco Duque III (born 1957), Filipino politician * Iván Duque Márquez (born 1976), President of Colombia from 2018 * Jaime Duque (born 1931), Colombian fencer * Jefferson Duque (born 1987), Colombian footballer * Juan Carlos Duque (born 1982), Spanish footballer * Leonardo Duque (born 1980), Colombian cyclist * María Antonieta Duque (born 1970), Venezuelan television presenter, comedian and actress * Mariana Duque (born 1989), Colombian tennis player * Orlando Duque (born 1974), Colombian diver * Pedro Duque (born 1963), Spanish astronaut * Reynaldo A. Duque (1945–2013), Filipino writer * Ximena Duque (born 1985), Colombian actress * Pedro D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbosa Lima Sobrinho
Alexandre José Barbosa Lima e Sobrinho (January 22, 1897 – July 16, 2000) was a Brazilian lawyer, writer, historian, essayist, journalist and politician Sobrinho was born in Recife on January 22, 1897. In 1917 he graduated in law and social sciences in Recife. In 1926 he published his first book and was elected president of the Brazilian Press Association. Retrieved 2013-09-02 He was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 1937 and, at the end of the 1990s, appeared in the Guinness World Records as the oldest active journalist in the world. Author of over 70 books, he died in 2000 at the age of 103. References < ...
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Pierre Verger
Pierre Edouard Leopold Verger, alias Fatumbi or Fátúmbí (4 November 1902, in Paris – 11 February 1996, in Salvador, Brazil) was a photographer, self-taught ethnographer, and ''babalawo'' (Yoruba priest of Ifà) who devoted most of his life to the study of the African diaspora — the slave trade, the African-based religions of the new world, and the resulting cultural and economical flows from and to Africa. Life At the age of 30, after losing his family, Pierre Verger took up the career of journalistic photographer. Over the next 15 years, he traveled the four continents, documenting many civilizations that would soon be effaced by progress. His destinations included Tahiti (1933); United States, Japan, and China (1934 and 1937); Italy, Spain, Sudan (now Mali), Niger, Upper Volta, Togo and Dahomey (now Benin, 1935); the West Indies (1936); Mexico (1937, 1939, and 1957); the Philippines and Indochina (now Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, 1938); Guatemala and Ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joãosinho Trinta
João Clemente Jorge Trinta, better known as Joãosinho Trinta (23 November 1933 – 17 December 2011), was a Brazilian director of parades for Samba Schools in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival (carnavalesco). Trinta is credited in changing the aesthetics of the main carnival Parade in Rio during the 1980s. Trinta introduced a new standard for the costumes and enlarged the scenery, creating new dimensions of visual impact. The local press gave him large space in the media as a public person in Brazil, after his reply to critics: "Only intellectuals like poverty, the poor people like luxury." Trinta's style was copied by competing Schools of Samba Samba (), also known as samba urbano carioca (''urban Carioca samba'') or simply samba carioca (''Carioca samba''), is a Brazilian music genre that originated in the Afro-Brazilian communities of Rio de Janeiro in the early 20th century. Havin .... In 1989 he caused another media impact through the parade, when he called attentio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LIESA
Liga Independente das Escolas de Samba do Rio de Janeiro ( en, Independent League of the Samba Schools of Rio de Janeiro), commonly known by the acronym LIESA, is the principal association that organizes the Carnival of the city of Rio de Janeiro. Disgruntled with the official league, the AESCRJ representatives of ten samba schools, led by bicheiros, helped found the LIESA in 1984.Impunidade na cabeca , Istoé, March 5, 2003 They were not in agreement with the state of things in the AESCRJ, where they were a minority and always defeated in deliberations although they invested the money. Each attempt to improve the commercial success of the Carnival spectacle was being rejected. They formed an independent league, which eventually took over the organisation of the parades of the Rio Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday
Sunday is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday. In most Western countries, Sunday is a day of rest and a part of the weekend. It is often considered the first day of the week. For most observant adherents of Christianity, Sunday is generally observed as a day of worship and rest, recognising it as the ''Lord's Day'' and the day of Christ's resurrection; in the United States, Canada, Japan, the Philippines as well as in most of South America, Sunday is the first day of the week. According to the Hebrew calendar and traditional calendars (including Christian calendars) Sunday is the first day of the week; Quaker Christians call Sunday the "first day" in accordance with their testimony of simplicity. The International Organization for Standardization ISO 8601, which is based in Switzerland, calls Sunday the seventh day of the week. Etymology The name "Sunday", the day of the Sun, is derived from Hellenistic astrology, where the seven planets, known in English as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AESCRJ
) , image = File:Desfile Portela 2014 (906185).jpg , caption = A float at Rio Carnival, 2014 , celebrations = Parades, parties, open-air performances , longtype = cultural, religious , type = christian , significance = Celebration prior to fasting season of Lent. , relatedto = Carnival, Brazilian Carnival, Ash Wednesday, Lent , begins = Friday before Ash Wednesday (51 days to Easter) , ends = Ash Wednesday noon (46 days before Easter) , duration = 6 days , date = ''Canceled'' , date = Afternoon, April 20 - midday, April 29 , date = , date = , frequency = annual , date = The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: ''Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro'') is a festival held every year before Lent; it is considered the biggest carnival in the world, with two million people per day on the streets. The first Carnival festival in Rio occurred in 1723. The typical Rio carnival parade is filled with revelers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Severo Luzardo
Severo may refer to: People ;Given name * Severo Antonelli * Severo Bonini * Severo Calzetta da Ravenna * Severo Colberg Ramírez * Severo Fernández * Severo Meza Severo Efraín Meza Mayorga (born 9 July 1986) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defender. He gave an assist for the winning goal to Guillermo Franco and thus winning the semi-final and Clásico Regiomontano against ... * Severo Moto Nsá * Severo Ochoa * Severo Ornstein * Severo Sarduy ;Surname * Alessandro Severo * Marieta Severo * Roberto Severo In places: * Severo-Baykalsky District * Severo-Kurilsk * Severo-Zapadny (other), several places In other uses: * Augusto Severo International Airport * Severo-Evensk Airport * Severo-Eniseysk Airport See also * San Severo (other) {{disambiguation, given name, surname Italian masculine given names Spanish masculine given names Severo Ballesteros golf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulo Menezes (carnival Planner) (1925–2016), Brazilian civil engineer and politician
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Paulo Menezes may refer to: * Paulo Menezes (footballer) (born 1982), footballer from Brazil * Paulo Menezes (football coach) (born 1978), Portuguese football manager * Paulo Barreto Menezes Paulo Barreto Menezes (October 9, 1925 – February 15, 2016) was a Brazilian civil engineer and politician. He served as the Governor of the state of Sergipe from 1971 to 1975. Barreto Menezes died from cardiac arrest at the Unidade de Terapia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex De Souza (carnival Planner)
Alexsandro de Souza (born 14 September 1977), commonly known as Alex, is a Brazilian football manager, pundit and retired footballer, who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current head coach of Avaí. Alex is a former captain of the Brazil national team and Turkish club Fenerbahçe; throughout his career, he also played for Coritiba, Palmeiras, Flamengo and Cruzeiro in Brazil, and Parma in the Italian Serie A. Alex first played professionally for Coritiba, a Brazilian football club from the state of Paraná, where he stayed from 1995 to 1997, when he was sold to Palmeiras, from São Paulo. When he was playing for Palmeiras where he became a national star, in Brazil. He conquered for the Estádio Palestra Itália club a Copa Libertadores title, in 1999, a Rio-São Paulo cup title in 2000 and a Copa do Brasil title and a Copa Mercosur title in 1998. He left Palmeiras and signed with Flamengo, of Rio de Janeiro in 2000. In 2000, he returned to Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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