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Mangueira Samba School in Carnival 2014

By Michela DellaMonica, Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — Founded in 1928, G.R.E.S. Estação Primeira de Mangueira, holds the distinction of the oldest samba school still in competition. Best known simply as Mangueira, they will parade fourth for the Grupo Especial (Special Group) at the Sambódromo on the first night of the competition, Sunday, March 2nd.

They have won the Carnival Championship an impressive eighteen times, and Mangueira is considered by many to be the most . . .

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