GRES União de Jacarepaguá is a samba school from Rio de Janeiro. Their samba enredos, the theme songs for Carnival parades, include titles like 'O Pequeno Grande Rei' from 2012 and 'Banzo' from 1977. The 2012 song references Emperor Pedro I.
Other enredos in their catalog span decades, such as 'Mauricéia em Noite de Festa' from 1981 and 'A Magia da Dança' from 2001. More recent examples are 'Caruaru: Capital do Forró e do São João Mais Arretado do Brasil' from 2018 and 'De Ventres Africanos, Os Sonhos Por Liberdade' from 2022.
They are based in the Jacarepaguá neighborhood. The existing text mentions they've faced some criticism over theme choices, but it doesn't specify details.
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