Founded on November 25, 1849, in Goiana, Pernambuco, the Saboeira music band was affiliated to the Liberal Party, while its rival Curica belonged to the Conservative Party.

The siriri - a lively song of unknown authorship - is also a children’s dança de roda (a form of nursery rhyme) in the Brazilian Northeast. The term derives from the word Osiriri, which belongs to the Tupi dialect and means “to flee, to run”.