The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Estácio de Sá is one of the most traditional samba schools of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It has won once the top-tier...

samba de roda (sometimes also called rural samba), amongst many other forms of samba, mostly originated in the Rio de Janeiro and Bahia states. Samba...

city of Rio de Janeiro; the Rio samba school, Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Estácio de Sá, usually referred to as simply Estácio de Sá. Rio is one...

A samba school (Portuguese: Escola de samba) is a dancing, marching, and drumming (Samba Enredo) club. They practice and often perform in a huge square-compounds...

evolve into their ultimate form - the Rio samba schools. Estácio de Sá, together with Portela and Estação Primeira de Mangueira paraded for the first time...

with a samba written by Heitor dos Prazeres. GRES Estação Primeira de Mangueira Samba-School, represented by Cartola, and Estácio de Sá samba School,...

First Republic André Sá, Brazilian tennis player Armando Sá; Mozambican footballer Ary de Sá, Brazilian long jumper Bernardo de Sá, Portuguese politician...

Liga Independente das Escolas de Samba do Rio de Janeiro (English: Independent League of the Samba Schools of Rio de Janeiro), commonly known by the acronym...

good. The city of Rio de Janeiro proper was founded on 1 March 1565 by the Portuguese, led by Estácio de Sá, including Antônio de Mariz [pt]. It was named...

association that was based out of the Estácio neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. It is considered the first ever samba school, along with being the first entity...