Introduction:
The Covid-19 pandemic imposed the need for social isolation on the communities of the samba schools, with consequences for meetings, coexistence and forms of grouping between the components. Samba schools are part of the Brazilian black cultural heritage. This research is an excerpt from the master's thesis in Collective Health.

Objective:
To analyze narratives of members of a samba school community about and their experiences in the context of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Methodology:
Exploratory research. Qualitative approach. Chosen a samba school in the city of Vitória, Espírito Santo - Brazil. Inclusion criteria, over 18 years old, being an effective member of the samba school and residing in the territory. For the sample, a snowball technique with theoretical saturation was used. Semi-structured interviews were conducted. All interviews were recorded and later transcribed and analyzed.

Results:
8 semi-structured interviews were carried out, all participants declared themselves to be black, living in neighborhoods on the outskirts and in the favela. Among the analysis categories, the interviewees pointed out the difficulty of carrying out social isolation, due to the precariousness of the residences and the size of the families. The absence of activities at the samba school mobilized categories such as "mental illness" caused by "sadness" and "emptiness" by the absence of the samba school environment. In addition to feelings of "mourning", "loss" and "deaths".

Conclusion:
The members of the samba schools worked with civil society, particularly with their communities, aiming to face the pandemic, publicize and promote vaccination and social assistance for their members. Social isolation imposed that many families, in addition to facing the challenges of the pandemic, could not experience their moment of mourning.