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| Full name | Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Beija-Flor | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Foundation | December 25, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blessing school | Portela | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Symbol | Hummingbird | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Centro, Nilópolis | ||||||||||||||||||
| President | Almir Reis | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Beija-Flor is a Samba school headquartered in the municipality of Nilópolis, Baixada Fluminense, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In total, Beija-Flor has won 14 parades of the Carnaval do Rio de Janeiro; as general champion in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2018. It was the overall runner-up and vice champion school in 1979, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002. With the departure of Joãosinho Trinta after the Carnaval of 1992, the school featured Maria Augusta and the young Milton Cunha as carnival producers. Only with the creation of the Carnaval Commission in 1998, could the school return to win championships. Nowadays, Beija-flor's Carnaval Commission.