Mulheres de Chico Voando no Circo

Mulheres de Chico Band playing live at Circo Voador - Lapa, Rio. To Learn more:Chico Buarque de Hollanda is certainly one of the greatest Brazilian composers of all time, who built a musical work of national character and that is for sure why he receives so many honors. In 2006, a group of drummers , the majority who came from blocos carnavalescos (group of people who parade at carnival) and percussion workshops such as Monobloco, got together to make an original replay of the musical universe created by the great Chico, interpreting his songs in an unusual aesthetics, with emphasis on the traditional instrumental training of the samba schools. Assuming a leading position and going against the "male hegemony" in the world of samba, the group is composed solely by female samba drummers only, and named "Mulheres de Chico" Carnival Group / Band.