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Batalha da Escada is a Brazilian Hip-Hop festival and an example of a Rap battle event that occurs in Brasília, created in 2015 by various UnB students and representatives. These battles are held regularly, on a weekly basis, at the "Teatro de Arena Honestino Guimarães" on the Darcy Ribeiro University Campus of University of Brasília, in Brasília, Brazil.

History
In 2015, the Batalha da Escada event was created by several students from the University of Brasília, among them were Stei (Raphael Steigleder), Stroga (Rafael Montenegro), André Henrique and Pedro Além (Pedro Alencar).

In 2018, the event was formalized as a university extension project, by college professor Márcia Marques. Batalha da Escada gave rise to an undergraduate discipline offered by the Faculty of Communication at UnB.

One Batalha da Escada's most notable features is the presence of many female rappers in its battles.

Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Batalha da Escada events were taking place on a weekly basis, usually at 6:00 pm, at the Teatro de Arena on Campus Darcy Ribeiro of UnB. With the suspension of classes at UnB, established since March 2020, the collective that organizes Batalha da Escada has developed a project called "Escada de Casa", which uses Instagram and YouTube to promote records of battles debating and reflecting on varied topics such as health, public policies, hip-hop culture, feminism, black movements, art, social inequalities and mainly debates and critical thinking.

Format
Battles usually start with a coin toss. The MCs who want to participate need to give their name and, normally, about 16 people are selected. In each round, the MCs are eliminated so that, in the end, the winner is chosen. Usually, the audience chooses a winner, although at times there are also judges present.