Mucamas were black home slaves that helped in the housework or accompanied members of the family, specially the sinhás-donas (the housewives) and sinhá-moças (the young daughters of the family), at the time of slavery in Brazil.

Both the country’s native Indians and the black Africans who came as slaves consumed peppers in abundance. The former ate them dry or crushed with manioc flour (quya). With the arrival of the African slaves to Northeast Brazil.

Considered a cultural heritage of Brazil (2004) and of Humanity (2005), samba de roda is a cultural expression occurring throughout the state of Bahia, with variations in historical, social and ecological characteristics, and is more prominent in the Recôncavo Baiano.