Mangueira
is much more than a traditional samba school. This school is one of a kind in the way that they manage to show true neighborhood support and the ability to help a community and its members succeed with pride all year long. These lovely dancers not only train year long to create the perfect story they also work within the community to better Rio de Janeiro and the neighborhood they have considered home for so long.
Samba schools took longer to rise from the poorer neighborhoods in Brazil but like more influential neighborhoods they less fortunate managed to rise and make their ability to samba not to mention their love for their culture, known.
One of the first schools do to this was Mangueira. Originally in the slums, this samba school was born near a hill of the same name and decided to use it as an offering to their people.
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