Liga das Escolas de Samba do Grupo de Acesso

The Liga das Escolas de Samba do Grupo de Acesso (LESGA; English: League of Samba Schools of the Access Group) is the leading association that organizes the Access Group the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

On 15 July 2008, seven presidents of associations of The Grupo de Acesso decided to found the LESGA in order to join the project and what they thought was best for the access group A, on August 7, 2008 with the entry of three associations, and associations founded by 10

From there, separate from the AESCRJ and created their own association, the LESGA, which will manage the parades, handing over the proceeds to the samba schools of the Grupo de acesso A.

After separation of the Association, which was defined by the regulation, would rise 1 of the Grupo Rio de Janeiro 1 and going down 1, but the AESCRJ not agree because the dissidents who founded the LESGA had approved two going down and up two of the RJ-1, which caused a rift between the LESGA and AESCRJ, but this increased even when there came no school for the RJ-1 and Cubango and Padre Miguel finished tied calculation, which would generate more problems.

In an agreement signed with RIOTUR and the AESCRJ was determined that 2010 will be 12 schools that parade, and the two fall to the Grupo Rio de Janeiro 1 (old Grupo de acesso B), and being promoted to Group A access The same regulation will serve to Carnival 2011.

From 2012, the school champion of the Rio de Janeiro 1 LESGA be affiliated with, and the parade is lowered, returning to join the AESCRJ, beyond the school champion who belongs to LIESA, and of course lowered to become a member of LESGA.

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Article translated from Lusophone Wikipedia