Ituiutaba (Brazilian Portuguese: /itujuˈtabɐ/) is a municipality in the western part of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Neighboring municipalities are Gurinhatã, Ipiaçú, Capinópolis, Canápolis, Santa Vitória, Monte Alegre de Minas, Prata, Campina Verde and the state of Goiás.
According to the city government site (no date given) there were 128 doctors, 130 dentists, 13 veterinarians, 18 psychologists, 170 lawyers, 14 architects, and 111 agronomists.
[9] The settlement of the region began in 1820 when Joaquim Antonio de Morais and José da Silva Ramos arrived and expelled the native inhabitants, the Caiapós.
[10] Unveiling the congado history in Ituiutaba-MG In Ituiutaba reportedly some Congadeiros, the festivities took place on farms outside the city where they also raised their suits.
However, the parish priest of the time did not accept that Congadeiros walk into the church, prohibiting the holding of the festival site.
So they went to the parish priest of the time, Father John Ave, to communicate it and ask him to leave, next to the church, making the feast of St. Benedict and Our Lady of the Rosary.
The pastor, not allowed, claiming that the Church had problems previously with the suits Congado that formerly existed in Ituiutaba, and that because of these clashes, had already fragmentado.
In 1952, the newly created suit, decided to rehearse in order placing the group properly uniformed street in protest against the attitude of the priest.
They made a dawn with fireworks in front of the Forum site getting the consent of justice to conduct the celebrations in the city.
The group now organized, lock arms with a drop of the pastor of the church, which is to make a series of these requirements to concede to the same space at the site.
Before the completion of all requirements made by him, Father John Ave, in 1956, asked the Congadeiros to choose twelve couples among themselves who knew well the Catholic doctrines.
As listed in the Small History of the Brotherhood of St. Benedict, it was founded on 13 May 1957 with "special service" and "First Communion Benedictines of several young children and adults."