From the ¨Samba-de-Roda¨ created in the Recôncavo Baiano, already considered Human non-Material Heitage by UNESCO; going through the ¨Rodas de Samba¨ from the houses of the ¨Tias¨ from Bahia at Praça Onze, in Rio de Janeiro; the ¨jongo¨, a dance from the Bantu, created by slaves in the Senzalas, which has in the ¨Semba¨ of Angola, its African ancestor, the versions for the original Samba are many. However, none of them is so polemic as the one that affirms that the Samba had been created in the 18th Century from indigenous and riders in the arid regions of Pernambuco as the ¨Samba de Matuto¨, updated version of Sambahó, from the Carirís indians.

Versions and polemics aside, the fact is that Samba is not only a type of music which comes from an African beat, but it is a cultural manifestation, genuinely Brazilian, that is made as a summary and source, at the same time of this rich cultural variety from Brazil.

Samba translates itself as the greatest cutural identity icon which is present in kinds of music such as Partido Alto, Maracatu, Samba-Enredo, Samba- Canção, Samba-de-Breque, Bossa Nova, Capoeira, Samba- Reagge, and in several branches of this genealogical tree. However, it is on the samba schools culture, brought up in the 20´s, that it had its greater social contrtibution and worldwide protection, spreading from Rio de Janeiro to the world in an outstanding way. Getting to know this expansion and mapping its main agents is the Samba Global project´s goal.