The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba São Clemente is a

samba school 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 ...

from

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

, located in the Cidade Nova neighborhood, on

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. The school became famous over the years for plots regarded as full of good humor, and sarcastic criticism of the most diverse themes. São Clemente also has sand beach soccer teams in various categories, commonly considered to be one of the few great teams of this sport that does not belong to the Copacabana-

Leblon Leblon (Portuguese: /leˈblõ/) is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is also the name of the local beach. The neighborhood is located in the South Zone of the city, between Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, Morro Dois Irmãos and the Jardim ...

axis. The constant oscillation between the main groups of carnival brought it the nickname of "yo-yo" school. Due to history lines panfletics of the 1980 the school also became known as the " PT of samba". In the current decade, however, the school has been trying to print a new style to make carnival. With the

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Cidade do Samba Cidade do Samba (Portuguese language, Portuguese, ''Samba City''), formally known as Cidade do Samba Joãozinho Trinta, is a complex of buildings in the neighborhood of Gamboa, Rio de Janeiro, Gamboa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is used for Samba s ...

, the school succeeded to stay in the Special Group, doing some good fashion and betting on the old with the new, with Fábio Ricardo and with

Rosa Magalhães Rosa Lúcia Benedetti Magalhães (born January 8, 1947 in Rio de Janeiro (city), Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian professor and artist. She is best known as the most successful carnival designer in Rio de Janeiro, with six championships won since 1 ...

Classifications

File:São Clemente 2003 11.jpg, The "Foel Bateria" of São Clemente in the parade 2003, year in which the school was a champion of the Access Group (current Serie A) File:Desfile Sao Clemente 2014 (906048).jpg, Raphaela Gomes, daughter of Renato Almeida Gomes, in her debut as queen of battery, the parade of 2014

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:São Clemente Samba schools of Rio de Janeiro 1961 establishments in Brazil