Ziriguidum's mission is to teach the repertoire of Monobloco to experienced and talented players, and leaders in the South West. Over the past few years the Rio-based carnival bloco and touring group Monobloco have built up a reputation as one of the finest performing groups in the genre of samba and carnival music from Brazil. As part of the groups legacy, there are several education projects across the UK where students are studying and performing their music. Course tutor John Paul Courtney is an experienced percussion teacher. Having performed with Monobloco in the UK & Brazil, he is now an official Monobloco teacher in the UK.

During 2008/9 Ziriguidum worked towards performances with the other UK & Ireland Monobloco projects in Luton in May 2009 and at the Thames Festival, London, in September. In February 2010 some particpants played with Monobloco at the Fundição Progresso in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro during carnaval.

Plans are underway for performances in 2010 in the UK with other Monobloco UK students at Luton carnival in May and at the Rhythms of the World Festival in Hitchin in July. Local performances are also planned, see the upcoming gigs section for more detail. Workshops are held every three to four weeks in Bristol and run for five hours. The group is made up of players from groups in Bath, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Gloucester, Manchester, Stroud, Swansea and, of course, Bristol.