Boi-Bumbá Garantido

Boi-Bumbá Garantido is one of the two Folkloric Associations that compete in the folkloric festival in Brazil: the Folklore Festival of Parintins, in Amazonas.
Created by fisherman Lindolfo Monteverde, at the beginning of the last century, Boi Garantido was a child's game that evolved over time. Its creator was a descendant of slaves, a humble fisherman born in 'Baixa de São José', a poor neighborhood, a village of black and mixed-race fishermen in remote Parintins in the 1900s. Lindolfo was a popular genius, one of those born in adversity, like Luiz Gonzaga in the impoverished northeastern hinterland.
Around the age of six or seven, Lindolfo would put a curuatá (envelope of a palm leaf) on his back and claim to be a little ox, imagining the stories his grandparents told about the land they had come from.
Its symbol is the "heart", which is located on the ox's forehead. Their colors are red and white. It is also known as the "Boi do Povão", "Boi da Paixão" and "Boi da Promessa".