Salgueiro Reframes Xica da Silva for 2027 Parade

Overview

• Acadêmicos do Salgueiro announced the enredo "Laroyê Xica da Silva: A História por Trás da História" on Monday as its theme for the 2027 parade.
• The school says the show will be built from newly public documents, most notably a 1770 testament of Francisca da Silva Oliveira that the Tribunal de Justiça de Minas Gerais registered and placed under Mejud custody for restoration.
• Carnavalesco Jorge Silveira and the creative team say the project aims to move beyond the myth to highlight Black identity, ancestry and female protagonism while consciously recalling Salgueiro’s landmark 1963 Xica parade.
• A promotional teaser that linked Xica to a pomba-gira drew episodes of religious intolerance on social media, and the school and enredista Leonardo Antan publicly defended the choice as a research-led cultural reading while actresses Taís Araújo and Viviane Araújo celebrated the enredo.
• Mejud’s ongoing restoration and museum-planning for the testament will feed the school’s research-driven narrative as Salgueiro develops its floats and performances for Marquês de Sapucaí in 2027, a process that could reshape public portrayals of Xica in art and memory.