A few weeks before Carnival, slum boys organize huntings for stray cats, whose leather can be used in Samba percussion instruments, like the Tamborim, a small drum.

• Paulinho
• Riva Nimitz
• Henrique César
• Milton Gonçalves
• Francisco de Assis
• Napoleão Muniz Freire
• Cláudio Corrêa e Castro
• Aylton