this happened several times in the history of rio de janeiro's samba schools, and helped forge some of the greatest among them - the g. r. e. s. acadêmicos da rocinha is a perfect example.

originated by the fusion of three previous groups from the favela rocinha, it is a very recent one, with its first participation in the carnival of 1989 when it started in the fourth division, but with three remarkable victories in a row it climbed rapidly the tiers, and found itself in the second division by 1992.