I have no idea what this festival was about. I think it was for the children but being Brazilian everyone loves to dress up and party and drink and dance and play music and we had all of these elements at this party.
Read MoreOn February 2 boats are filled with flowers, bottles of perfume, cakes, and notes asking Yemanja to grant a wish. They go into the sea at Praia Rio Vermelho in Bahia. This is a festival to the goddess of the sea Yemanja or Iemanja a powerful Orixa goddess. The Orixa gods originated from Candomble which originated […]
Read MoreSalvador de Bahia is the very last place that slaves were bought and sold and consequently it is very African in its’ people, music and culture. People were shipped from Nigeria, Angola and Benin to here and Capoeira, which was a dance invented by the slaves in chains, started here. The dance uses mainly feet […]
Read MoreLavagem do Bonfim, On every second Thursday of January, the day of the Lavagem, a 10 km procession of people dressed in white with many beaded necklaces, march towards the church of Nosso Senhor do Bonfim where Bahian women will empty their aromatic water pitchers on the steps of the church, overseen by Catholic priests […]
Read MoreA great African band whose music and dance follow the Candomble religion which was brought to Brazil during the time of slavery. The dresses are the dresse of theOrixas which are teh African Dieties. Catholicism is blended with the Candomble African religion, as the slaves, who weren’t allowed to openly participate in their own religious […]
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