The suburb is the hub to several bus lines that reach several parts of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is famous for being home of the samba schoolsPortela and Império Serrano, two of the most traditional samba schools of Rio de Janeiro.
In the film Um Ano Inesquecível – Verão (An unforgettable year - Summer) (2023), by Cris D'Amato, a young woman gets a job as a seamstress in Portela, the emblematic samba school of Madureira, and discovers the world of carnival.[1]
Literature
In the short story Amor de Carnaval, by Thalita Rebouças, from the collection Um Ano Inesquecível, (2015), a young woman gets a job as a seamstress in Portela, the emblematic samba school of Madureira, and discovers the world of carnival.[2]
The title of the novel Madureira quase chorou (2022), by Betty Steinberg (2022), refers to the samba Madureira chorou.[3]