Street Parties Have Never Been This Good!

By: Herschel Perkins Jr

As Carnival in Bahia approaches anticipation builds to the point where you can almost feel the pulsating West African rhythms of Olodum drummers in the streets of Porto da Barra in Salvador as the days grow closer to the start of the World’s Largest Street Party - Carnival in ...

“To Travel is to Dance: Major Festivals in Bahia"

By Elaine Lee

"Bahians are either participating in a festival or preparing for one," so goes a popular saying. Bahia, like much of Brazil, is a region where people regularly gather to sing, dance, and celebrate something---be it religious holidays, sports, or life itself. Bahians have their very own brand of joie ...

“To Travel is to Dance: Major Festivals in Bahia"

By Elaine Lee

The is a popular saying in Bahia, "Bahians are either participating in a festival or they are preparing for one." Bahia, like much of Brazil, is a region where people regularly gather to sing, dance, and celebrate something---be it religious holidays, sports, or life itself. Bahians have their very own brand of joie ...

"Catching a glimpse of Candomble: Brazil's traditional African-Brazilian religion"

By Elaine Lee

It was a summer Sunday evening in the Federaco hillside neighborhood of Salvador, Bahia where warm sea breezes gently enveloped us as we journeyed into a large open-aired whitewashed stucco temple (terreiro), to attend a traditional Afro-Brazilian Candomble ...