Lineage of Mestre Gigante

Known line ends here

3 generations up

• Tio Alípio1850s – ?

Known line ends here

2 generations up

• Benedito1830s – ?
• Bentinho1870s – ?
• Besouro Mangangá1895 – 19241895 – 8 July 1924

  student of Tio Alípio, c. 1908 – 8 July 1924Verified

• Dendê1890s – ?
• MestreEspinho Remosoc. 1910 – 1960
• Gasolina1880s – c. 1925
• Juvêncio Grosso1880s – ?
• Luiz Cândido Machado1860s – ?
• Maitá1880s – ?
• Neco Canário Pardo1880s – ?
• Siri de Mangue1880s – ?
• Tonha Rolo do Mar1870s – 1950s

Learned from

• MestreBimba1899 – 197423 November 1899 – 5 February 1974

  trained under Luiz Cândido MachadoVerified

  trained under Cobrinha Verde, 1935 – 5 February 1974Verified

  student of Bentinho, 1911 – 1915Verified

• MestreCobrinha Verde1912 – 198324 October 1912 – 1983

  trained under Gasolina, c. 1924 – c. 1925Verified

  trained under Espinho Remoso, 1910s – 1960Verified

  trained under Maitá, c. 1924 – 1983Verified

  trained under Neco Canário PardoVerified

  trained under Juvêncio Grosso, c. 1924 – 1983Verified

  trained under Tonha Rolo do Mar, 1910s – 1950sVerified

  trained under Dendê, c. 1924 – 1983Verified

  student of Besouro Mangangá, 1916 – 8 July 1924Verified

  trained under Siri de Mangue, c. 1924 – 1983Verified

• MestrePastinha1889 – 19815 April 1889 – 13 November 1981

  student of Benedito, 1899 – 1902Verified

In focus

• MestreGigante1920 – 20164 October 1920 – 30 May 2016

  student of Pastinha, 1940s – 13 November 1981Verified

  student of Cobrinha Verde, 1930s – 1983Verified

  trained under Bimba, 1940s – 5 February 1974Verified