Portela (samba school)

At the start of the 20th century, in Oswaldo Cruz, a neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro forms a carnivalesque group of dancers called Quem Fala de Nós Come Mosca which literally translated as "Who talks about us eats flies". They are based in Dona Ester. A dissidence of this group of dancers (called "bloco" in Brazilian Portuguese) appears in 1922 and another bloco, the Baianinhas de Oswaldo Cruz (Baianas of Oswaldo Cruz) is created. The name "Vai como Pode" is used until 1935, when, after the Carnaval, on March 1 of 1935, on the occasion of the renovation of the licence of the school in the police, the officer Dulcídio Gonçalves refused to renovate the license with this name, considering it as vulgar and not dignified for a samba school. The same officer suggested a new name, Grêmio Recreativo e Escola de Samba Portela, in homage to the street in Madureira where sambistas had gathered. == Classifications ==

== Championships and awards ==

Portela is the record samba school of Carnaval titles of Rio de Janeiro, being general champion for 22 times: 1935, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1951 (UGESB), 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1980, 1984 and 2017. The school got runner up honors in the following years: 1937, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1982, 1983, and 1995. The school accumulates a total of 52 Estandarte de Ouro (Gold Standards), prize conceded by the newspaper O Globo: • 1972: Drum Block • 1973: Feminine notability (Tia Vicentina) • 1974: Ala (of baianas) and master of ceremonies (Bagdá) • 1975: Samba-enredo • 1976: School • 1977: Standard-bearer (Vilma Nascimento) and feminine dancer (Nega Pelé) • 1978: Standard-bearer (Vilma Nascimento) and masculine dancer (Jerônimo) • 1979: School, samba-enredo, ala (velha-guarda), standard-bearer (Vilma Nascimento), feminine dancer (Denise) and masculine dancer (Marcelo) • 1980: School, audience impact and feminine dancer (Nívea) • 1981: Best Front commission and samba-enredo • 1982: Best Front commission • 1983: Leading singer of the samba parade (Silvinho) • 1986: Best Drum Block, feminine notability (Dodô) and ala (Luxo do Lixo) • 1987: Samba-enredo • 1988: Masculine dancer(Gilson) • 1990: Feminine dancer (Solange Couto) • 1991: Samba-enredo, front commission, revelation (Patrícia) and ala (of queens) • 1995: School, samba-enredo and leading singer of the parade (Rixxa) • 1998: Samba-enredo and masculine dancer (Cláudio Lima) • 2001: Commission of front • 2004: Personality (Dodô) • 2005: Revelation (Bruno Ribas) • 2006: Revelation (Nilo Sérgio) • 2007: Revelation (Alessandra Bessa) and masculine dancer (Ruanderson) • 2008: Female dancer • 2010: Drum Block • 2012: Drum Block, leading singer of the parade, samba-enredo and best dancers (male and female) • 2013: Drum Block • 2014: Ala (Senior Women's') • 2015: Revelation (Alex Marcelino) • 2016: Personality (Monarco) == Notable Portelenses ==

• Aldir Blanc • Alexandre Louzada • Agepê • Ana Paula Araújo • Argemiro Patrocínio • Candeia • Carla Vilhena • Carlinhos Brown • Carlos Roberto • Casquinha • Clara Nunes • Clementina de Jesus • Dejan Petković • Diogo Nogueira • Dodô da Portela • Eduardo Paes • Gilberto Gil • Glória Pires • Heitor dos Prazeres • Hilário Jovino Ferreira • Jair do Cavaco • João Nogueira • Juliana Diniz • Luiz Ayrão • Luma de Oliveira • Manacéa • Maria Rita • Marisa Monte • Mauro Diniz • Monarco • Noca da Portela • Paulinho da Costa • Paulinho da Viola • Paulo César Pinheiro • Sheron Menezes • Teresa Cristina • Tia Doca • Tia Surica • Wilson Moreira • Zeca Pagodinho • Zé Keti ==In popular culture==

Cinema • The film Natal da Portela (1988), by Paulo César Saraceni, tells the story of the underground lottery operator and school sponsor by the same name. • In the film Um Ano Inesquecível – Verão (An unforgettble year - Summer) (2023), by Cris D'Amato, a young woman gets a job as a seamstress in Portela's samba school and discovers the world of carnival. Literature • In the short story Amor de Carnaval, by Thalita Rebouças, from the collection Um Ano Inesquecível, (2015), a young woman gets a job as a seamstress in Portela's samba school and discovers the world of carnival. == References ==