The Olodum Cultural Group was founded by people who lived at Rua Maciel Cima, in the neighborhood of Pelourinho, Salvador, Bahia, on 25 April 1979.

The Quinteto Violado (a play on words meaning literally Violated/‘Viola-ed’ Quintet) is an instrumental-vocal group created in October 1971, in Recife, Pernambuco, having as its basic characteristic the rescue and recreation of tradition and folkloric music of Northeast Brazil.