Samba school
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A samba school is a dancing, marching, and drumming club. They practice and often perform in a huge square-compounds and are devoted to practicing and exhibiting samba, an Afro-Brazilian dance and dru
Portela. A Samba school parades in the Sambadrome in the 2014 Carnival.
A typical performer of Samba dance at Rio Carnival (2016)
Portela samba school, Rio de Janeiro, 2019. Photo: Guy Veloso
Front commission dressed as codfish in the parade of Imperatriz Leopoldinense (2007)
Portela (samba school)
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The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Portela or Portela for short, is a traditional samba school, founded in 1923, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The school has the highest number of wins in the top-tier
Fans of GRES Portela cheering during parade
Inauguration of the new headquarters of the samba school Portela, 1972.
Portela, 1972.