The Escola de Samba tradition was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1928, founded by a group interested in participating in Rio's now famed Carnaval. Their goal was simple: to unite a community in an effort to combine story, music and dance in celebration of creativity and happiness. The result is a model for harmonious existence in today's world.

Samba schools, which started off first in Rio de Janeiro in 1928, have evolved around the centerpiece event of the Rio Carnaval. The schools parade down a lane lined with grandstands, thousands of members per school dressed in coordinated costumes, dancing a rehearsed samba routine to original music. Each school's presentation has a central theme, such as a historical event, a famous person or a native Brazilian legend. The samba song must be developed around the theme, and the parade organised by each school must detail the theme through costumes, paintings or papier-mache sculpture.

Each samba school rehearses all year round for this event and all its members take part in the rehearsals, whether experts or not. It is a place where people who always wanted to write a song, play a percussion instrument or choreograph a dance will have their opportunity. Unlike the Rose Parade, which has largely been taken over by high-budget professionals, the samba parade is the work of neighbourhood communities working together. Much more than musical groups, they are in fact, neighborhood associations that cater for a variety of community needs (such as educational and health care resources) in a country with grinding poverty and poor social safety net.

The Oba Oba International School of Samba is devoted to bringing the spirit of Brazilian Carnival, Dance, and Culture to the World. Oba Oba brings authentic Rio de Janeiro style, Carnaval Samba Show to Every Special Event! We provide Beautiful Samba dancers, Gorgeous Colorful Costumes, and Authentic Brazilian Music for a Wonderful Time.