Henrique da Silva e do mundo: Uma vida para o samba

Paulo Henrique Rodrigues da Silva, founder of the Paraíso School of Samba, the largest European samba school, is a Brazilian samba player who stood out on another continent by dedicating his personal and professional life to samba and samba schools since his youth in Rio de Janeiro. As a foster grandson of Tia Alice, one of the oldest references of social projects in Mangueira in the 1970s and 1980s, Henrique learned to study, research, dance and express himself through the carnival arts. By promoting the experience of samba in London, capital of the United Kingdom, Henrique became an important local leader by building an artistic movement based on Brazilian culture that, in recent decades, has increased its importance in the Notting Hill’s carnival. Henrique created a network of samba fans from different nationalities who articulated their work in direct contact with Rio de Janeiro’s carnival associated with the globalization process of the samba cultural complex.