Galeria do Samba – Historical Samba School Roster Scraper
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Galeria do Samba – Historical Samba School Roster Scraper
Scrapes Galeria do Samba's complete historical archive of Rio Carnival samba schools — 50+ schools across 7 groups with parade results, samba-enredo titles and composers, carnavalesco, and technical sheet data dating back to 1932.
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Extract the complete carnival history from Galeria do Samba (galeriadosamba.com.br) — the authoritative archive of Brazilian samba schools with results, samba-enredo data, and school metadata going back to 1932.
What you get
One structured record per school-year combination, covering:
- School identity — slug, name, current group, status (active / inactive-extinct), founding date, colors, symbol, barrio
- Carnival results — year, final position, final score, parade order slot
- Samba enredo — title, enredo theme, carnavalesco, composers, intérprete
- Technical sheet — presidente, mestre-sala, porta-bandeira
- Source URL for verification
Coverage
| Dimension | Scope |
|---|---|
| Groups | Grupo Especial, Grupo A (Série Ouro), Grupo D (Série Prata), Grupo E (Série Bronze), Grupo B, Grupo F (Avaliação), Inativas ou Extintas |
| Schools | 50+ active + all extinct schools |
| Years | 1932 to present |
| Estimated records | ~5,000 – 10,000 school-year tuples |
Use cases
- Music royalty tracking — samba-enredo composers earn royalties on Carnival TV broadcasts; this is the only structured catalogue covering all 90+ years of compositions
- Academic research — UFRJ samba studies, ethnomusicology programs, digital humanities
- Patrimônio Cultural Imaterial — Brazilian heritage NGO data feeds for UNESCO applications
- Tourism and media — historical context for Carnival coverage
Input
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
maxItems | integer | 10 | Maximum records to extract. Set to 0 for no limit (full archive). |
Output sample
{"school_slug": "portela","school_name": "Portela","current_group": "Grupo Especial","school_status": "active","founded_date": "11 de abril de 1923","barrio": "Oswaldo Cruz","colors": ["Azul", "Branco"],"symbol": "Águia","carnival_year": 2025,"parade_order_slot": 4,"final_position": 5,"final_score": 269,"samba_enredo_title": "Cantar será buscar o caminho que vai dar no Sol. Uma homenagem a Milton Nascimento","samba_enredo_composers": [],"carnavalesco": "André Rodrigues e Antônio Gonzaga","intérprete": "Gilsinho","presidente": "Fábio Pavão","mestre_sala": "Squel Jorgea","porta_bandeira": "Marlon Lamar","source_url": "https://www.galeriadosamba.com.br/escolas-de-samba/portela/2025/"}
Notes
- Rate limiting — the actor crawls at 3 concurrent requests to respect Galeria do Samba's small server. Full-archive runs require a generous timeout (4 hours default).
- Data completeness — older records (pre-1980) may lack composers, intérprete, and technical sheet fields; the site itself has incomplete coverage for those years.
- Language — all data is in Brazilian Portuguese with full diacritics (UTF-8).