Lula Cardoso Ayres was born in Recife on 26 September 1910 to João and Carolina Cardoso Ayres. His father was a sugarcane factory owner and was one of the owners of the Cucaú factory in Pernambuco.

Augusto Gomes Rodrigues’ nickname, a singer and composer born in 1916, in Quatipuru in Pará’s Bragantina region: Verequete. Mestre Verequete, as he was called, was one of those responsible for the popularisation and dissemination of carimbó, a rhythm and dance from Pará.