• deusa do ébano
• estácio de sá
• escola de samba
• bloco afro
• meninas

Cultne recorded the 16th with images, reporting and editing by Alexandre Dias, Pedro Oliveira and Filó Filho. Deusa do Ébano Orunmilá held on November 15, 2012 on the court of the Estácio de Sá Samba School in Rio de Janeiro. There were the candidates for the title and more presentations by the group Soul + Samba, the Girls from Rio, among other attractions. At Oportunidade the Girls of Rio performed for the second consecutive time at the Afro Orunmilá Block party since 2011. As the drums beat, she appears. An explosion of musicality is about to happen. In the gleaming mouth, she has a light, cheeky and sassy smile. Her presence is a mix of wall and flower. Suspense until the first note ... and joy is contagious. Ginga, intensity, tenacity, beauty and talent. This is the female percussion band Meninas do Rio. His performance is marked by a rhythmic and musical force. While emanating the sound of the tip of his mallets and drumsticks, he gives a show of synchrony and body expression to the sounds of rap, samba-reggae, hip-hop, funk, pop, reggae and samba de roda. . The band Meninas do Rio surpasses the stage performance. Formed only by women, they represent a large part of the population that manages their time performing professional and social activities, in addition to their responsibility as a generator, driver and transformer. Women of struggle on several fronts, beings in which delicacy, firmness, sweetness, determination, conviction and disposition act together. The group is formed by eight members who perform under the command of the musician Paulo Negueba.