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Madureira, Rio de Janeiro

Field	Value
name	Madureira
settlement_type	Neighborhood
image_skyline	Parque Madureira.JPG
imagesize	250px
pushpin_map	Brazil Rio de Janeiro#Brazil
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Rio de Janeiro
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Brazil
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
subdivision_type2	Municipality/City
subdivision_name2	Rio de Janeiro
subdivision_type3	Zone
subdivision_name3	North Zone
coordinates

Madureira is a lower-middle-class neighborhood in the North Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The suburb is the hub to several bus lines that reach several parts of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is famous for being home of the samba schools Portela and Império Serrano, two of the most traditional samba schools of Rio de Janeiro.

Madureira borders other suburbs such as Cascadura, Cavalcanti, Vaz Lobo, Engenheiro Leal, Turiaçu, Campinho and Oswaldo Cruz, and it has approximately 50 thousand inhabitants.

People

Tia Surica, (1940), samba singer.
Arlindo Cruz, samba singer.
Gerson King Combo (1943–2020), soul and funk singer.
Jorge Ben, singer.

Sports

Madureira Esporte Clube is the neighbourhood's football club. They play at Estádio Conselheiro Galvão, also located in the neighbourhood.

In popular culture

Songs

Rua Madureira, by Nino Ferrer (1969)
Alo Madureira, by Arlindo Cruz
Meu lugar, by Arlindo Cruz
Madureira, by Heitor dos Prazeres
Madureira, lugar da raça, by Leci Brandão
São José de Madureira, by Zeca Pagodinho
Madureira chorou, by Jair Rodrigues
Vampiro de Madureira, by MC Carol & MC Gorila

Cinema

In the film Um Ano Inesquecível – Verão (An unforgettable year - Summer) (2023), by Cris D'Amato, a young woman gets a job as a seamstress in Portela, the emblematic samba school of Madureira, 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, the emblematic samba school of Madureira, and discovers the world of carnival.
The title of the novel Madureira quase chorou (2022), by Betty Steinberg (2022), refers to the samba Madureira chorou.
The plot of the novel O Grande Dia (The Big Day), by Pierre Cormon (2024), revolves around the parade of an imaginary samba school, Unidos de Madureira. Several scenes take place in Madureira and its Mercadão.

References

(14 April 2022). "Prime Video anuncia início das filmagens de "Um Ano Inesquecível – Verão"".
(20 September 2015). "Resenha: Amor de Carnaval, Thalita Rebouças — Um Ano Inesquecível!".
"MADUREIRA QUASE CHOROU".
Redação Carnavalesco. (August 27, 2024). "Swiss writer dedicates novel to samba school parade". Carnavalesco.

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