What is "aescrj"

The Associação das Escolas de Samba da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro - Association of Samba Schools of the City of Rio de Janeiro - or AESCRJ, is an association of the samba schools of city of Rio de Janeiro that administrated the Carnaval of all the groups since 1953. The AESCRJ was founded on March 5 of 1952, from the union of UGESB and of FBES, both nowadays extinct. Nowadays, the association administrates the grupos de acesso (access groups) and is headquartered in the neighborhood of Méier.