Looking for maracatu and ciranda lyrics?
The samba community
www.sambistas.org.uk
Resources for the samba community in Britain and Ireland.
www.uksamba.org
Organisation for samba musicians and other
samba-related artists in the UK & Ireland.
www.worldsamba.org
World samba organisation - comprehensive list of samba links
and connections anywhere in the world.
www.carnivalarts.org.uk
The UK Centre for Carnival Arts - a forum for the carnival community.
Samba schools and bands
www.londonschoolofsamba.co.uk
Formed in January 1984, the London School of Samba was the first samba school in the UK.
www.paraisosamba.co.uk
Based in London, Paraíso School of Samba has artistic directors who grew up in the Rio de Janeiro samba community.
www.cardinalfang.net/samba
Breach of the Peace (BOP), an Oxford-based community activist samba drum band.
www.maisquenada.nl
Dutch samba band established in 2006.
Maracatu bands
www.maracatu.co.uk
Maracatu Estrela Do Norte, a London-based group with close links to Sol. We play together at the Notting Hill Carnival.
www.gandaia.org
Maracatudo Mafua, another London-based maracatu group.
www.myspace.com/maracatucruzeirodosul
Maracatu Cruzeiro do Sul, a Brighton-based drumming, singing and dancing group formed in 2007.
Local links
www.abolicao.co.uk
Group Abolição Oxford trains Regional Capoeira.
www.cowleyroadcarnival.org
Since its beginning in 2001, the Cowley Road Carnival has grown
to be one of Oxfordshire's major cultural events. A celebration of
the diversity of East Oxford, the Carnival is a rainbow of colour,
with procession and a wide range of local and national musical talent.
Centre for Brazilian Studies
University of Oxford,
92 Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 7ND
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 284460
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 284461
Email: enquiries@brazil.ox.ac.uk
