Asuncion was a lovely city, modern but also with beautiful colonial buildings on the side of the Paraguay river. My friend Lenner from Salvador de Bahia was a wonderful guide and showed me round the city. We found places that were not even in the guide books. He exhausted me as we walked for miles […]
Read MoreA special birthday, a western party, skiiing and a Vegas wedding this family reunion had it all. The weather joined in and one day we would be knee deep in snow and two days later the snow would have cleared and we would be in shirts and hats enjoying the sunny days.
Read MoreI 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 […]
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