at a glance

The community has perhaps the greatest celebrity status, having provided the backdrop to music videos by Michael Jackson, Alicia Keys and Beyoncé, and having received illustrious visits from the former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, as well as Madonna - In homage to their celebrity, there is a bronze statue of Michael Jackson, implanted in the heart of the community a year after his death in 2010.

directed by spike lee in 1995, michael jackson was the first major artist to use music to bring unprecedented national and international attention the rio's favelas via the video 'they don't care about us.' 

the statue honoring the deceased pop music artist michael jackson is located in what became the most popular location in the area - the michael jackson's slab, where a feast known as pôr-da-santa is held in the first saturday of each month - 'feijoada' is the most popular dish, and the event lasts the whole night and can gather hundreds of people.