“This Guard of Mozambique came into my father's hands in the following way: I wasn't even born and this guard already existed there in Retiro, over there in Contagem. This guard already existed in the hands of the Carolinos. The old man then died. His son took everything that was there and brought it here so he could continue his father's work. So there was this guard of Congo, it was there that I took my first step in the Kingdom, there that I learned. I was seven years old. I think I was born with the same gift. Sometimes I got in line, made a voice there, then Joaquim Anselmo said: Hey Ciriaco, let Tonho go home, stay with me for a week. And for a week, at night, he would call the people, those older people, form the guard and start teaching me how to do the embassies1 to pull my father who had been crowned king that year. They practiced me, when it was at the end of the week, he stopped by the house and spoke to my father: He's going to dance like a captain! There at the gate I already went to the embassy asking permission from the owner of the house, I came bringing the guard. When he arrived in the middle of the field, I made the embassy saluting the party crowns. I walked to the door, did another embassy, ​​invited the king and queen to introduce themselves. I did everything that had to be done. And we helped there and they helped here. Dad helped throw their party for two years and then he handed everything over to Dad and went to São Paulo. The date that this happened, that this Mozambican guard became my family's, was in 1954. The first time that this guard came as my father's was on May 3rd. So, there are more than fifty years of reign.” (Antônio Muniz, Captain General of the Brotherhood Os Ciriacos) Editing: Bruno Vasconcelos Participation in the Editing: Antônio Muniz and Marcelo Vilarino Image Finishing: Raquel Pinheiro Sound Finishing: Bruno Vasconcelos Brotherhood of Our Lady of the Rosary Os Ciriacos. Rua Balneário, 240, Bairro Novo Progresso, Contagem