Hino Rio-Grandense is the anthem of the

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of Rio Grande do Sul. It's also called ''Hino Farroupilha'' due to the historical period that the anthem was written, in the

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. The melody was composed by Joaquim José Mendanha, the

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by Francisco Pinto da Fontoura and

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by Antonio Corte Real. The original lyrics passed for a lot of changes and the current were adopted on January 5, 1966 in the period of the military government, ''Rio Grande do Sul State Law n. 5213, of January 5, 1966.'' http://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Lei_Estadual_do_Rio_Grande_do_Sul_5213_de_1966

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