tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47605906424597602722024-02-19T17:31:37.997-05:00Learn Moor About Bahia Brasil | Salvador Bahia | Afro BrazilianSharif Ali ☪ ✡http://www.blogger.com/profile/01199057717382015986noreply@blogger.comBlogger159125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760590642459760272.post-8253549405548491262018-06-07T10:10:00.000-04:002020-02-18T17:58:11.253-05:00Carnival Salvador Dates From 2019 To 2030<br />
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When are the official Carnival dates? This was created to provide a schedule for anyone planning on visiting Bahia, Brasil now or in the future. Carnival dates change every year. <br />
Be sure to bookmark this page.<br />
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Usually Carnival starts a day before the "official" start. Also festivities leading up to Carnival Salvador start in late December. Be sure to click the link below to schedule your Carnival trip.<br />
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Check the Dates Out For Info About Carnival Salvador, Rio, and the Rest of Brazil</h3>
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<b>Carnival</b> <b>Salvador</b> <b>2020</b> dates: <b>February 21st until February 25th</b></div>
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<b>Carnival</b> <b>Salvador</b> <b>2021</b> dates: <b>February 12th until February 16th</b></div>
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<b>Carnival</b> <b>Salvador</b> <b>2022</b> dates: <b>February 25th until March 1st</b></div>
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<b>Carnival</b> <b>Salvador</b> <b>2023</b> dates: <b>February 17th until February 21st</b></div>
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<b>Carnival</b> <b>Salvador</b> <b>2024</b> dates: <b>February 9th until February 13th</b></div>
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<b>Carnival</b> <b>Salvador</b> <b>2025</b> dates: <b>February 28th until March 4th</b></div>
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<b>Carnival</b> <b>Salvador</b> <b>2026</b> dates: <b>February 13th until February 17th</b></div>
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<b>Carnival</b> <b>Salvador</b> <b>2027</b> dates: <b>February 5th until February 9th</b></div>
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<b>Carnival</b> <b>Salvador</b> <b>2028</b> dates: <b>February 25th until February 29th</b></div>
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<b>Carnival</b> <b>Salvador</b> <b>2029</b> dates: <b>February 9th until February 13th</b></div>
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<b>Carnival</b> <b>Salvador</b> <b>2030</b> dates: <b>March 1st until March 5th</b></div>
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Now that you have all the dates, you are able to start arranging your bookings for the next must-see Carnival!<br />
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<a href="http://www.bahiabraziltours.com/" target="_blank">Click Here to Book Your Carnival Tour </a><br />
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Sharif Ali ☪ ✡http://www.blogger.com/profile/01199057717382015986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760590642459760272.post-92202197648916450212018-03-24T02:25:00.000-04:002020-02-18T18:26:50.782-05:00The REAL Scoop On Brazil | No Punches Pulled<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Now that I've gotten your attention...<br />
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Below is advice from one dude to another.<br />
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I haven’t made any posts on this site for a while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been pretty busy lately, traveling and
living offline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I needed to write this
post though as I receive a ton of mail from different people asking a lot of
similar questions.</div>
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(if you want to hear this from a female's perspective check out my wife's post on <a href="http://www.mamiknowsbest.com/2012/10/my-experience-living-overseas.html" target="_blank">her blog here</a>) </div>
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First off, I just want to thank all the people who follow
this blog as well as the new readers and even the folks who just found this
site while looking for pictures of Brazilian women or some other Brazil-related
topic.</div>
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Now that I have gotten that out of the way, the reason I wrote
this post is to answer questions for anyone looking to move to Brazil (or any
other 3<sup>rd</sup> world country overseas).</div>
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Every week I receive emails from people who are intrigued by
the possibility of living overseas, in particular in Brazil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m cool with that as I can relate and
understand where everyone is coming from.</div>
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To be honest after so many years of receiving these types of
emails I am no longer motivated to answer this type of question over and over
again so I am writing this post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From
now on I can refer people who are asking about moving to Brazil here and also
to help people looking up this type of info online.</div>
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Interested in Living Abroad in Brazil?</h3>
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One of the MAJOR traits shared by 90% of the people who
contact me about moving to Brazil is that the person has NEVER visited the
country before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the people have
traveled outside of their country of birth but many have not done so before.</div>
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Here’s my advice.</div>
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If you are considering moving to a country such as Brazil
you need to do a couple of things if you are serious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You absolutely need to physically visit the
country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cannot tell you if you will
like living here and neither can anyone else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Brazil is very different from countries like the USA in multiple
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The first thing you absolutely need to do is get a passport
and more than likely, a visa as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You will need to find the <a href="http://www.mooraboutbahia.com/2010/10/list-of-brazilian-consulates-in-us.html" target="_blank">Brazilian Consulate</a> closest to you if you are
required to get a visa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once you do
that, you have taken the biggest steps towards visiting the country.</div>
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Advice to Those Who Wish to Move Overseas...</h3>
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Even visiting can be misleading if you only stay for 4 days
to a week because more than likely you will be in a hotel or resort-type
setting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s nothing wrong with
this, it’s just that this can skew your viewpoint of permanently living in
Brazil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll use an example of what I
mean to better illustrate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Say you visit
Jamaica and stay at a nice resort.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Everything is clean, high quality, and fairly modern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You might be staying right next to the beach,
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This visit to Jamaica may have you wanting to leave behind
everything you know and high tail it to Jamaica.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reality Check.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless you are making a lot of money you
cannot afford to live full-time in a resort like your vacation spot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will find that most of the island is not
as high quality and up-to-date as the resort either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crime and pollution are clear and present realities
in the everyday life of the island residents in place of the calm and pristine
state of the vacation resort.</div>
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In addition to this, even if you could afford to live in an
area similar to the vacation resort there are certain inconveniences that you
cannot escape.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Groceries, electronics,
and quality products such as clothing are very expensive compared to a place
such as the United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may come to have an issue with how slowly things move compared to what you are used to.</div>
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Why Move Somewhere the Locals Are Running Away From?</h3>
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With a country such as Jamaica for example you have to be
completely real and honest about WHY you want to leave a country that most
Jamaicans would pay to be able to live in permanently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It wouldn’t make since for you to leave the
US for Jamaica considering there are more Jamaicans living in the US than on
the island!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same goes for Puerto
Rico as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the homeland was so
wonderful why are the residents leaving in droves and not returning?</div>
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Jamaica is actually trying to figure out what it can do to
keep from losing so many of its citizens to the US and Britain (<a href="http://news.msn.com/world/jamaica-frets-over-slowdown-in-returning-islanders" target="_blank">check the article</a>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now the island has nothing to entice
its people to come back home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mexico may
not have more Mexicans living abroad in the US versus within its borders but
there are so many Mexicans who would risk life and limb to come to the US that
it would make no sense at all for a US citizen to seriously consider moving
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You have to pay attention to the trends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people leaving their homelands for the US
in droves are not stupid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are
heading to the US for a higher quality of living.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though Brazil is on the rise it still
has far more in common with these countries than it does with the US.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From an infrastructure standpoint Brazil is possibly
a century or more behind the US.</div>
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The Real Deal About Living in Brazil...</h4>
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If you permanently moved overseas you will find that things
also are nowhere near as convenient as they were back home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All types of things that you used to take for
granted will now be seen as commodities that are harder to come by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One prime example of this that you will encounter
in Brazil is that the houses are not built as sturdy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you thought contractors cut corners when
building houses in the US you haven’t seen anything yet!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have to be careful with things such as
plugging in your high end devices to the electric sockets because the wiring is
more than likely not very good and could blow out your device.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You also have to keep in mind that the
extreme poverty of the majority of the local population will cause many to see
you as a walking ATM machine.</div>
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That was just an example but it can be applied to many
destinations that people want to expatriate to in Central and South
America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The grass is not always greener
on the other side.</div>
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This is why it is very important to visit Brazil and be
honest with yourself about what you are and are not willing to compromise on.</div>
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Everyone does not always agree or see eye to eye in the
United States but the government is for the most part stable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brazil just got over a 20 year military
dictatorship in the late 80s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brazilians
who opposed the leadership in any way were murdered, tortured (including former president Dilma Rousseff), and deported.</div>
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The aftermath of this era has created a large percentage of
the population that is still not inclined to speak out against corruption on a
local and national level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brazil is a
democracy now, but the switch over is still recent enough to be in the memory
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You have to keep in mind that if you actually live in
Brazil, versus just visiting there are many factors that lesson the quality of
life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not want it to come off as if
I am bashing Brazil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I actually like
Brazil, know many people who live there, and have lived there myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a great country with its own positives
and drawbacks just like everywhere else.</div>
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There are multiple reasons why the United States always has
millions of people attempting to gain residency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brazil does not have a list of millions of
people waiting to immigrate there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
quality of life in the USA is way higher than in Brazil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For every person who is serious about leaving
the USA there are literally hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people
coming from nations such as Brazil who would give anything to be able to live
in the USA permanently.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a huge
amount of the population of Brazil living in abject poverty unlike anything
experienced in the United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When
you visit a large city such as Salvador or Rio in Brazil you will see lots of
high rise condominiums as well as slums (called favelas).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This shows the stark contrast between the
rich and poor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What most people do not
realize is that the vast majority of the population lives in poverty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are literally seas of favelas on the
outskirts of Salvador such as Cajazeiras that most visitors have never
seen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These slums are so large that they
encompass everything as far as the eye can see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Brazil is Kind of Like a Time Warp, in a Good Way and Not-So Good Way...</h3>
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In many ways traveling to Brazil from the USA is kind of
like going back in time to what I imagine the 1920s - 1950s would have been
like.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean this in good ways and also
in not so great ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the bright
side, family is still important in Brazil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Relationships, whether friendly or platonic, are highly valued.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The older population is very well-respected
and relevant, unlike the USA when many elders are pushed to the background and sent to nursing homes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People still use donkeys and horses in the
middle of the city to haul all types of things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have seen men on horseback in the middle of the street while people
drove by during traffic.<br />
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One more thing I love about Brazil.<br />
If you trip and fall or drop something and some teenagers are around...<br />
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In Brazil they will more than likely help you.<br />
In the USA more than likely they will laugh at you.<br />
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Don't get me wrong. They aren't innocent. They are still teenagers but it's not common for people to be cold and mean-spirited in Brazil.<br />
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People are for the most part kinder. Not everyone but enough people on average that its officially part of the culture. In the same way that Brazilians are more family oriented and children are cherished.</div>
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The culture of the state of Bahia is so dynamic and vibrant. People all
over the world are amazed at the rich Afro Brazilian art, music, and
cuisine that is similar to various aspects of African culture but at the
same time unlike anything else in the world. Salvador is the mecca for
Capoeira and Candomble. This site is filled with information showing you these wonderful aspects of Bahian culture.</div>
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Brazilian society overall still hasn’t fallen as far as the
USA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People still care about their
neighbor to an extent and have morals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
do not have a problem with school shootings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Obesity, however, is a new phenomenon there (we can thank capitalism for
that).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Genetically modified foods
haven’t completely taken over the supermarkets although I have noticed more
modified foods creeping in every year.</div>
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Life in general is simpler in Brazil.</div>
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More on That Time Warp...Racism in Brazil Sucks!</h4>
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However on the not-so-bright side racial relations remind me
of pre-Civil Rights Movement USA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
some ways traveling to Brazil from the US is like the scene in the movie Men In Black 3 where Will Smith’s
Agent J character is about to go back in time to the 60s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The guy helping him time jump warns him that as a black
man traveling in that time period, “It wasn’t the best time for your people.”</div>
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Where do I begin?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the state of Bahia, the region with the highest percentage of Brazilians of
African heritage it is very rare to find a black person with a significant
position of power or prestige.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take the
banks for example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are virtually
no black people working any positions besides the armed guards and the clean-up
crews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may find a few light-skinned
bank tellers but even that is rare (like a teller is a prestigious position,
lol). <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></div>
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You can forget about any black mayors, governors, or
senators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not in Brazil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are some black business owners and a
few others who have managed to obtain high positions however they are the
exception.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brazil definitely has a lot
of work to do in this regard.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">being lightskinned means something in Brazil</td></tr>
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With that said as an African American, I never experienced
any racism aimed at myself in particular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are two things that skew my perspective though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am light-skinned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While that doesn’t make any difference in the
USA, it does make a huge difference in how one is perceived in Brazil.<br />
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I didn't experience any racism directly however check this out. One day two of my friends from America came to visit me. I was living in a condominium with security at the front door. The guards never let anyone in without calling my condo first. So basically my friends were downstairs telling the doorman in Portuguese that they were there to visit me. He didn't believe them. One of them had to call me on his cell phone to let me know they were downstairs.<br />
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The doorman didn't even call me to tell me that someone was downstairs so that I could at least come and see who it was. Oh yeah they were both darker complexioned than me and had dreadlocks. I guess he took one look at them and just knew they were up to something, lol. They knew my name, spoke English, and everything but he didn't even let me know they were downstairs because they were too black. (Shout out Joe and Amar!) Another funny thing is, the doorman was black!<br />
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So the complexion of my skin did have an impact on my experience in Brazil. My being American also had a huge impact on
how people viewed and treated me in Brazil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Americans are perceived of as being rich.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Race does not matter as much if you are
American, or from another rich country like the UK.</div>
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I empathize with the plight facing black
Brazilians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would be nice to see more
parity in administrative positions, especially in places like Bahia that are
overwhelmingly black.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The TV shows in my
opinion do not accurately reflect the population either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The majority of the TV stars, especially the
novellas are white, with the only black actors in servant roles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only TV shows and movies I saw that
featured black actors who weren’t servants or famous singers were American
shows dubbed in Portuguese.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it wasn’t
for TV shows like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Everybody Hates Chris</i>
or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">My Wife and Kids</i> there would not
be any shows in Brazil featuring a black family in a positive light.</div>
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Brazil is a Really Chill Place, Whose Social Problems Are on the Verge of Exploding...</h3>
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There is a huge underclass in Brazil as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brazil started out as a monarchy when the
prince of Portugal decided to split from Portugal set up his own kingdom. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is in many ways still similar to a medieval
monarchy with the vast majority of the people living in peasant-like
conditions.</div>
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In the major cities such as Rio de Janeiro these conditions
are like a pressure cooker about to explode.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The police and military are regularly at war with the drug lords who
control the favelas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The crazy part is
that in many cases the favelas are right next to million dollar condo
buildings.<br />
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Do not take the crime factor for granted! Seriously, I had three neighbors get robbed at gunpoint leaving the condominium. It's ridiculous. There was a poor neighborhood called Inferninho, "Little Inferno" or "Little Hell" right next to the nice buildings. It's not a joke. You have to watch yourself.<br />
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Hopefully for Brazil’s future
the money being spent to clean up the country in advance of the Olympics and
World Cup actually goes towards improving the lives of the majority of its
citizens.</div>
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I do not think the governing officials have grasped the
concept of how big an impact maintaining a huge underclass does to hold back
the progress of the entire nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
cannot keep the vast majority of people living in abject poverty and lacking in
education and expect to lead the world into the future.</div>
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Personally, the Police Strike in Bahia Was the Last Straw For Us.</h3>
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With all the things stated, Brazil still has an allure that
causes some people to forgo the luxuries of living in countries such as the US
and embrace the laid back, tropical culture of this exciting nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Personally my experienced was really soured by the public
relations disaster that occurred last year (2012) when a fraction of the police force
in Salvador decided to go on strike during Carnival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll share a rundown on what happened from
the experience of someone who was at ground zero – me.</div>
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In a nutshell this is what went down…</div>
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A few weeks before Carnival in 2012 there was talk that the
military police in Brazil would go on strike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Strikes occur every year in Brazil pretty much across the board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone from the banks, public
transportation, to the school teachers go on strike on a yearly basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is basically how the workers get their
wages increased.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For everyone else it
can be annoying as the busses may be down or on limited service for a few days
or even a week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The schools close down
and banks are not open so anything that you can’t accomplish at the ATM will
not get done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is basically nothing
you can do about it when they occur.</div>
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Now, back to the police strike. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brazil has three main police forces that make
up a hierarchy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">military police</b> patrol the streets and deal with the riff raff on a
daily basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are the lowest paid
and make up the bottom of the pyramid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">civil police</b> investigate
crimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically they are the
detectives and form the 2<sup>nd</sup> tier of the power structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">federal
police</b> handle national crimes such as trafficking and smuggling and are the
top paid division on average.</div>
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The military police are paid so low on average that many of
them live in poor neighborhoods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seriously,
I don’t understand why the government doesn’t pay them better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A faction of the military police wanted to go
on strike for better wages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their
commanding officers informed them that they were not in a good position to go
on strike.</div>
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I believe the reasoning behind their leaders decision was
that a strike would be illegal or maybe they were wise enough to know that
going on strike during Carnival would make Brazil look bad to the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Either way, this faction did not take heed to
their commanding officers and organized one of the dumbest strikes in history.</div>
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They did this a few days before Carnival was set to
start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe the masterminds behind the
strike thought this would panic Bahia’s governor but it did not work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically nothing happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The state government ignored their demands
and business carried on as usual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
strike in essence was not a well-thought out idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The strikers only comprised 20 percent of
Bahia’s 31,000 state police force.</div>
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While thousands of striking officers decided to stay off the
street there were still well over 20,000 active police officers in Bahia who
were not on strike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was no
increase in crime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is when things
started to get really stupid and scary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The leaders behind the strike began to cross the line into criminal
territory.</div>
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The striking police officers started committing crimes to
strike fear into the hearts of the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They literally robbed and killed people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They donned masks and organized the local stick-up kids to carry out
their dirty work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Officers with hoods on their heads roamed the streets armed and pulled over buses to threaten the people inside. The entire state of
Bahia was on lock down as it became very dangerous to leave the house.</div>
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It got so bad that the governor called in the military to
help restore order and also to arrest the striking police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The military presence did make things safer
because more people were able to leave the house and carry out their daily
duties without a fear of being robbed or killed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The presence of soldiers armed to the teeth
with assault rifles on the street and patrolling the beach was also very
intimidating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It made Brazil look like
an unstable war zone.</div>
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Basically it sucked. </div>
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The leaders behind the strike had barricaded themselves in a
public building for days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They held out
during Carnival and had to be apprehended by the military for the strike to
officially end. The situation was very tense and messy for Brazil as officers in other states were considering carrying out similar strikes. Brazil could have easily been in a state of turmoil.</div>
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This event put a black eye on the image of Brazil right on
the heels of the government sending troops and tanks into the favelas of Rio to
exterminate the drug lords and crime rings in the previous year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most tourists decided to stay home or party
elsewhere for Carnival 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can only
imagine how much money Salvador lost because of that event.</div>
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Brazilian Citizens Unfortunately are Easy to Extort and Bully </h3>
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This police strike was messed up on so many levels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The strikers killed and robbed people, but
worst of all they extorted the people of the state of Bahia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They played off of the ignorance of the
general public and created a state of fear in order to get what they
wanted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bad part is that this is
very easy to do in Brazil.<br />
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I don’t know about Britain but in the US people have the
right to own as many guns as they want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Brazilians have no constitutional right to bear arms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The police would not be able to extort the
people like that in the US (not that they would be stupid enough to try).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Americans don’t like being pushed around
either.</div>
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Don't just take my word for it...<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gfj-3l4cJde1cabFQo6SPEpSnFMQ?docId=CNG.0b736bc05fbd362055d575c5b3fbb4d7.8d1" target="_blank">Click the jump</a>. </div>
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Conclusion</h3>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwsIS8NdhG5ReDvotAQffVZ9nVJfPnTLGloGwyPddza8o5MMEtmUsHZ-JBySBhYx9fAnACGZYZbJct_NKpRATKuusk0G-UlMwc90H0Lv9TMotopjVRVgGBegGZo8y-4brr_8uwJTAWcmU/s1600/seductive-look-brazilian-girl.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwsIS8NdhG5ReDvotAQffVZ9nVJfPnTLGloGwyPddza8o5MMEtmUsHZ-JBySBhYx9fAnACGZYZbJct_NKpRATKuusk0G-UlMwc90H0Lv9TMotopjVRVgGBegGZo8y-4brr_8uwJTAWcmU/s200/seductive-look-brazilian-girl.jpeg" width="200" /></a>So why did I share this story?<br />
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Because Brazil is more than just beautiful people, beaches,
Carnival, samba, and booty (threw that in to see if you were paying attention,
lol).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brazil is a very complex nation,
just like everywhere else, with its own advantages and drawbacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is very easy to fall in love with the
place, especially if you are just visiting.</div>
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Most people that move to Brazil find themselves constantly
setting back the threshold of what they are willing to tolerate in order to
keep up the idea that they can live and thrive in this perplexing nation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People who move to Brazil say things like <b>“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I can go without hot water coming out of the
faucet”</i></b> or <b>“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the dog shit and trash everywhere
doesn’t even phase me”</i></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh yeah, I almost forgot, <b><i>"I don't mind not being able to drink the water"</i></b>.<br />
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One can
only pretend for so long though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s
absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to live somewhere where life is more convenient
and the quality of living is higher. The water thing is serious though. I mean just because you are drinking bottled water doesn't negate the fact that you are still cooking and bathing in the unclean water coming out of the faucets. It's still soaking into your skin pores.</div>
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Most people I know talk like that while they are in Brazil
and then as soon as they get back home they realize how much they took
everything for granted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other
hand, some people just complain about everything while they are in Brazil (which
makes no sense, why don’t they just leave?)</div>
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Between the USA and Brazil there is absolutely no comparison
between the quality of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Right now
at this very moment there are millions of people in the world who would marry
you (if you are a US citizen) in a heartbeat so they can obtain the right to
stay in the US legally.</div>
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If you have plans on investing in Brazil, just want to
travel and explore, or even if you are after the beautiful women don’t let this
article deter you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Definitely go for it
but do it with your eyes wide open.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
not on the payroll for the department of tourism so you can rest assured I’m
just keeping it real.</div>
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If you are seriously considering purchasing property or any
other business venture in Brazil get some consulting beforehand whether its
someone you can trust or someone you hire (<a href="mailto:admin@mooraboutbahia.com" target="_blank">contact me</a>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t want to get taken advantage
of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, no matter what some
people in Brazil will always see the gringo (YOU) as an ATM with deep
pockets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You definitely need someone looking
out for you if you plan on circulating any serious money in Brazil.</div>
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Keep this in mind, right now real estate prices are rising
in Brazil, in some cases like Rio and Sao Paulo the rates are ridiculous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Financially well-off Brazilians are buying up
real estate in the US, especially in Florida because they feel it is more
stable than the rising condominiums and homes in their country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Prices are rising at an outrageous pace because
of greed fueled by the anticipation of foreign investment in lieu of the coming
Olympics and the World Cup.</div>
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If you come to Brazil in search of beautiful women do your
thing but here is a piece of advice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
do I say this?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you choose to wife one up, DO
NOT BRING HER TO THE UNITED STATES!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
not a good idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chances are that she
will become Americanized which would completely ruin the point of marrying a
Brazilian women in the first place. Trust me, you don't want her to copy American women. Brazilian men pretty much have it made. Once she gets a taste of how American women are living you will have to replace her.</div>
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is also the possibility that she is secretly plotting on marrying you so that
she can attain the highly valued green card.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>LISTEN! If you are planning on returning back to the States together she may be
planning her escape from your ass once y'all touch down.</div>
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Seriously, don’t delude yourself in any way.</div>
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Keep your eyes wide open when you are dealing with Brazil
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Brazil is a great place to visit but overall it is a work in
progress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a lot of work that
needs to be done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is going to take a
while and some serious commitment to cleaning things up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course there is also the argument that
nothing in Brazil needs to change.</div>
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That is a valid point as Brazil is already perfect as it is
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(if you want to hear this from a female's perspective check out my wife's post on <a href="http://www.mamiknowsbest.com/2012/10/my-experience-living-overseas.html" target="_blank">her blog here</a>) </div>
Sharif Ali ☪ ✡http://www.blogger.com/profile/01199057717382015986noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760590642459760272.post-15684962082397721212017-04-16T19:55:00.000-04:002017-12-27T13:14:48.761-05:00Good Question | Is Brazil A Lost Cause<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just wanted to share these two articles (with links for full story) from an American woman who has been living in Rio for more than 30 years.<br />
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They were written in light of the recent negative media Brazil has received from the reports of an American woman being raped in Rio and a bus that ran over the overpass recently.<br />
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She makes very valid points and believes that Brazil is changing for the better overall.<br />
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<a href="http://riorealblog.com/2013/04/02/van-rapes-reveal-social-division/" rel="bookmark" title="Van rapes reveal social division"><span style="font-size: large;">Van rapes reveal social division</span></a></h3>
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<span style="color: red;">[UPDATE: minutes after this post was completed, Rio suffered yet another tragedy: a <a href="http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2013/04/acidente-com-onibus-interdita-trecho-da-avenida-brasil-no-rio.html"><span style="color: red;">bus fell off an overpass on Avenida Brasil</span></a>, killing at least seven and severely injuring fifteen passengers. According to a passenger who got off the bus before it fell,<a href="http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/onibus-que-caiu-de-viaduto-tinha-46-multas-estava-com-vistoria-do-detran-vencida-8007057" target="_blank"> the driver was arguing with a man who had jumped the turnstile</a>.]</span><br />
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March 23, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/world/americas/american-woman-gang-raped-on-brazilian-transit-van.html?ref=americas&_r=1&" target="_blank">a Brazilian woman reported to the police that she’d been raped in Copacabana after getting into a mini-van</a>. Not much came of it– until the same happened to an American student, late Saturday night. As a result of the earlier negligence,<a href="http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/estupro-de-turista-dentro-de-van-gera-impacto-negativo-na-imagem-da-cidade-8002199" target="_blank"> two police administrators have been removed from their positions</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://riorealblog.com/2012/12/24/favelas-what-to-preserve/" target="_blank">Who rides in vans</a>? Not the upper classes. And in Brazil, there are a lot of things the upper classes don’t do.<br />
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<a href="http://riorealblog.com/2013/04/02/van-rapes-reveal-social-division/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE</a><br />
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After the devastating events of the last few weeks in Rio de Janeiro, many Cariocas and foreign observers have fallen into a perfidious mind-trap: the city’s transformation is either real, or false. And, if you believe it’s real, you’re either a sucker or an exploiter.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XVEFYPR-WctUf7ejkirl7Pbjs7yKBFqt4HjihIxnsdS7TquFDRfYq7hU83EkXkJVou0U5O10PdVRIXqCHzgHKt_fyPB7TqyBvgP7vmCwuOLxMV-GwD7pck07UKQ1zzbMnJERLroCl1Bc/s1600/stano-corruption.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XVEFYPR-WctUf7ejkirl7Pbjs7yKBFqt4HjihIxnsdS7TquFDRfYq7hU83EkXkJVou0U5O10PdVRIXqCHzgHKt_fyPB7TqyBvgP7vmCwuOLxMV-GwD7pck07UKQ1zzbMnJERLroCl1Bc/s320/stano-corruption.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/suplementos,o-pais-do-autoengano,1017818,0.htm" target="_blank">This </a>interview in the <i>O Estado de São Paulo</i> newspaper, widely circulated, expresses the thoughts of a growing number of cynics. “There’s a generalized feeling that everything being done in Brazil today is just a facade. It’s very discouraging,” says André Martins Vilar de Carvalho, a psychologist and philosopher living in Rio.<br />
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<li><i>Brazilian <i>developmental </i>capitalism is savage, ultimately has no interest in spending on social needs and is solely interested in profit at any cost.</i></li>
<li><i>What needs to be questioned is the “pacifying dream”, the local policy of transforming a successful initiative into a huge ad campaign of a pacified Rio de Janeiro …the thing is presented as if Rio had no more problems, it’s now an organized city, with more value… then we run the risk of a stadium built five years ago falling on our heads. We find that it was poorly constructed, obviously due to some kind of over-invoicing.</i></li>
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<li><i>We have no social pact, no one is talking about truly building a country for everyone. What we do have, sadly, and quite widely accepted, are individual or narrow small-group interests, but no chance to think about the greater good. The idea of “everyone looking out for himself” is socially legitimated in Brazil.</i></li>
<li><i>The legacy of slavery is particularly perverse, creating a sense of unquestioned social inequality in Brazil. There is also perversity in relation to power, the idea that an elite must inevitably exist, that this abyss of income distribution is just how things are. This is a very bad feeling, very harmful for the collective approach that we need.</i></li>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 11pt;">The popular festivals trace their origins back to the tradition of communities of paying tribute to their patron saints, expressing their gratitude for blessings obtained. During the event the requests for peace, good health, and wealth are renewed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 11pt;">The centuries old custom was inherited by the Portuguese and has been changed through the years. Originally the festival presented just people praying and chanting to their patron saints, but with time, stands selling drinks and food appeared, giving to the festival an entertainment characteristic. The songs are no longer strictly religious ones. On the streets can be heard the the typical capoeira and samba beats along with other rhythms.</span><br />
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 11pt;">These changes transported the festivals beyond the communities and churches’ largos into the streets. Nowadays they are registered by the curious eyes of tourists and by TV cameras from all over the world. They come to </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 11pt;">Salvador</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 11pt;"> to appreciate these moments, which express so well the icons of the local culture such as Candomblé, Catholicism, gastronomy, dancing and music.</span><br />
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 11pt;">The festivals take place all through the year, without ever losing their enthusiasm. These guarantees a good time from January until December, for both the faithful and those who come only to visit. </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 11pt;">Salvador</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 11pt;"> provides a million reasons for a good celebration and some of the best-known popular festivals are Bom Jesus dos Navegantes, Nosso Senhor do Bonfim, the Yemanjá festivity and Nossa Senhora da Conceição.</span><br />
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 11pt;">One of </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 11pt;">Salvador</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 11pt;">'s most fascinating aspects is the great number of intensely celebrated religious and devotional festivals held throughout the year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Salvador</span></span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> has kept the heavy African influence that was brought over with the 1.3 million slaves during the "white gold" sugar boom. The many gods of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=consbookcafe-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=Candomble" target="_blank">Candomble</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=consbookcafe-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=" height="1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> that have long been forgotten in Africa- Oxala, Oxossi, Xangô Yemanja and Iansa- are everyday household names in Bahia, and a lot of the events that take place on the social calendar revolve around religious holidays and celebrations. Thus many of the festivals hold, at least in part, a religious tradition. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Festa profana" means a non-religious part of a religious celebration.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 11pt;">The mixture of Catholicism with ancestral practices of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9">Candomblé</a> and indigenous beliefs makes this city a Mecca of Brazilian religious beliefs. Expressions of faith are not confined to the hallowed halls of cathedrals and Candomblé temples - they spill over into the houses, streets, squares and the vast blue sea. An full calendar of celebrations which have been held for over 300 years take place the year round, occurring with more frequency during the summer months. Catholic festivities replete with commemorative masses and processions take place alongside corteges of mothers-of-saints honoring their orixás. Families gather together to recite the novenas for Saint Anthony or prepare the special caruru feast for either the Candomblé erês or Saints Cosme and Damião.</span><br />
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 11pt;">Processions over land or sea may honor, depending on your belief, either <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Nosso_Senhor_do_Bonfim,_Salvador">Nosso Senhor do Bonfim</a> or Oxalá, or the patron saint of seafarers or Iemanjá. The number and intensity of festivals increases until Carnival, which culminates the cycle of popular festivals.</span><br />
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 11pt;">The religious festivals are interlaced with profane celebrations - proof being Carnival, whose date is determined by the Lenten period, which in turn is set by the cycle of the moon.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">New Year's Eve</span></b><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"> - People come dressed in white for good luck, light candles and throw flowers and offerings to the goddess of the sea, Yemanja. There is also a large display of fireworks, and in front of the lighthouse-farol- are performances by famous and prominent Brazilian musicians. The celebration stretches from the lighthouse to Porto da Barra, with tables set up, music blasting, people dancing, and parties hopping. <br />
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Festa da Boa Viagem e do Bom Jesus dos Navegantes Feast. A tradition that remounts to mid 18th century, this fête is one of </span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Salvador</span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">’s most beautiful popular manifestations. It takes place on New Year’s Eve, when people go on with New Year’s celebrations at </span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Boa</span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Viagem</span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Beach</span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">(<a href="http://www.bahiabraziltours.com/p/build-your-own-itinerary.html"><b>See our tour schedule for more info about our New Years in </b></a></span><a href="http://www.bahiabraziltours.com/p/build-your-own-itinerary.html">Salvador tour 2013</a><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">) </span></div>
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The contemporary Queen of the Carnival of Salvador, Daniela Mercury, presents a free show at the first sunset of the new year.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A Folia de Reis (Epiphany), aka Festa da Lapinha — at Lapinha Place</span></div>
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This is a procession by local people who celebrate the birth of Jesus, starting after December 24th until January 6th. It is represented by the three wise men from the East, carrying gifts to the baby Jesus. At Lapinha Place the festival goes on with theatrical presentations, kiosks with typical food, and music.</div>
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<b><span style="color: grey;">Farol Folia</span></b><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"> - This is a pre-Carnaval celebration that takes place in the first 2 weeks of January, with Carnaval blocos partying and dancing around their respective trio eletricos. </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "times" , serif;">In 1998, the Salvador Carnival had a great “preview”, which eventually joined the calendar of Annual Carnival Celebrations. This was the ‘Farol Folia,’ gathering at first, in the Dodô/Barra-Ondina Circuit, with thousands of people parading disguised as 'popcorn'. </span></span><br />
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Everyone gathers at the famous </span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Church</span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"> of </span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Conceicao da Praia</span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"> and proceeds over to the Church of Bonfim 10 kilometers away. Here, barefoot baianas wash and cleanse the steps, which comes from the old tradition of the washing of the inside of the church that has now been carried over into a ritual of just the steps. <br />
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Horse drawn carriages, government officials, musicians, natives, those of Candomble faith, Catholics and tourists all gather and follow the Filhos de Gandhy (Sons of Ghandi) They march right by the Baianas who are all dressed in white with colorful sacred beads and elongated white vases filled with flowers and water on their heads. As they then proceed to wash the steps, ten of thousands of others spread about the many set-up booths for food and drink, and some famous trio eletricos form the background of Brazilian beat. There is non-stop drumming, and everyone is in white as people proceed to dance, drink, eat acaraje and be blessed by the holy water that pours onto their hands and heads from the Baianas vases. Many locals also choose to hop on a bus and go down to Conceicao da Praia Church where the music from the trios continues until dawn.</span></div>
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...or Segunda-Feira Gorda (Fat Monday), the Monday immediately following the Lavagem do Bonfim. The barracas (drink stands) around the Igreja do Bonfim pull up and move down the way to the neighborhood of Ribeira, where there is another huge party along the waterfront.<br />
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<b>January 25th through 28th</b>. Celebrated at and around the Igreja de São Lazaro in the neighborhood of Federação. São Lazaro is syncretized with Omolu -- the orixá governing sickness and health -- and during mass inside the church worshippers receive a banho de pipoca (popcorn bath), a ritual common in candomblé.</div>
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Here is some footage of the Procession for Yemaya recorded <b>February 2nd</b>, 2011 in Salvador, Bahia - Brazil.<br />
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Truly Magical Event. Pretty cool to witness.<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 18pt;">CARNIVAL (Carnaval)</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 18pt;"> <b><span style="color: blue;">2013</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Carnival in </span></b><b><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Salvador</span></b><b><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Bahia</span></b><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"> - This is the greatest source of joy for the people of </span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Bahia</span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">. Only the party’s organization involves the direct participation of 25 thousand people. Its dimensions are gigantic. </span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Salvador</span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">’s Carnival is billed as the largest ‘Street party’ in the world! </span><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 10pt;">Samba</span></a><span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 10pt;">-Reggae</span>, <span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afox%C3%AA">Afoxê</a> and <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ax%C3%A9_music">Axé</a></b></span> <span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 10pt;">music rule this musical extravaganza. You will also come across many blocos participating in these carnivals- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olodum">Olodum</a>, Malé, Debalé and Filhos de Gandhi are the ones famous of the lot. The Salvador de Bahia Carnival is the paradise for music lovers across the globe. The non-stop party and music - it just can't get better than this!</span></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 10pt;">Salvador Bahia is all about happiness, laughter, music, dance and romance. The people of </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 10pt;">Salvador</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 10pt;"> are warm and friendly and if you visit the state during the Carnival you will feel you are one of them. The people here love to share their culture and tradition with all of us. (<a href="http://www.mooraboutbahia.com/2012/06/carnival-salvador-dates-from-2013-to.html" target="_blank"><b><i>See our Schedule for complete Carnival Schedule Until 2030</i></b></a>) </span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 10pt;">The whole experience is thrilling and the glittery street is a treat to your eyes. The excitement and enjoyment knows no bounds, beautiful Brazilians on the streets and in their best form, it's simply amazing. Besides, you can have your share of the delicious </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 10pt;">Afro-Brazilian delicacy - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acaraj%C3%A9">Acarajé</a> – this specialty food with roots in West African is specially made for this festive event by the beautiful <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caetit%C3%A9_baianas.jpg">Baianas</a>- the Bahian woman, dressed in milky white gowns. </span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 10pt;">You can also have sea food and other Brazilian specialties, right on the street.</span><br />
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 10pt;">Salvador</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 10pt;">’s Carnival is well protected and police are very helpful and sincere. Heavy patrolling is done so that the people do not miss out any event of the celebration. Their protection and well being is under the jurisdiction of Bahian police.</span><br />
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 10pt;">Hope we see you in Salvador Bahia this New Years!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Festa de Arembepe...</span></div>
...takes place in Arembepe, 42 km to the north of Salvador, on a determined date during the month of February. </div>
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<span class="style_1" style="line-height: 19px;">(April 22nd is a national holiday)</span><span class="style_2" style="line-height: 19px;"><br />
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Holy Week Celebration</div>
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During the Holy Week, most of the locals travel outside of the city to enjoy the holiday. Those who stay in the city usually go to The Tororó Dyke, where more than 100 actors perform the Passion of Christ on floating platforms in an exquisite show of beauty with the participation of the Salvador Children’s Choir. If you want to avoid the crowd during your vacation, this is a good time to come to Salvador, <br />
but be aware that banks and other services are closed during the holiday.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tiradentes</span></div>
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Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, known as “Tiradentes” is considered a national hero for leading the Brazilian revolutionary movement known as the “Inconfidência Mineira,” demanding the full independence of Portugal and creating the Brazilian republic. Tiradentes was arrested, tried and publicly hanged, when his plan was discovered. </div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Bembé do Mercado...</span></div>
...takes place in the town of Santo Amaro (in the Recôncovo, 73 km from Salvador) from the <b>10th through the 14th of May</b> (these are the dates for 2006).<br />
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The festa ("Bembé is a corruption of "Candomblé"; "Mercado" comes from "Praça do Mercado" -- or "Marketplace") was first celebrated (in Santo Amaro's marketplace, of course) on the 13th of May, 1889, by Santo Amaro's black populace in recognition of the abolition of slavery in Brazil one year before (more specifically, João de Obá took his people's newfound liberty to task by openly playing the rhythms of candomblé in a public square, whence grew a festa around him), and the festa has been celebrated every year since with the exceptions of 1958 (when an explosion/fire killed 300 people) and 1989 (when the biggest flood in the history of the city took place). The festa is now regarded as protecting the city!.<br />
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Bembé do Mercado is replete with folkloric presentations, including samba-de-roda, nego fugido, maculelé, capoeira, and bumba-meu-boi. On the morning of the 14th Santo Amaro's terreiros de candomblé gather up offerings to Yemanjá, releasing them into the waters of the bay from the praia (beach) of Itapema on the Baia de Todos os Santos (until 2002 the offerings were released at São Bento das Lajes, a district of São Francisco do Conde).<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Festa de Santo Antônio</span></div>
June 13th. Celebrated in the Largo de Santo Antônio, at the far end of Salvador's neighborhood of Santo Antônio além do Carmo (Pelourinho being at the other end). Santo Antônio is the patron saint of matrimony, his assistance sought by young women hoping (praying) for husbands. This festa opens the June celebrations.<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 18pt;"> São João (</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 18pt;">Saint John</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms"; font-size: 18pt;">)</span> <br />
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<b><span style="color: grey;">São João (Saint John) - </span></b><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">This celebration takes place in June, and is traditionally a harvest festival with typical foods containing corn, liquor from the genipapo fruit, and bonfires. It is a family and friends celebration, and takes place within the small town where each person's families are from. For foreigners to </span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Salvador</span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">, there are plenty "family" interiors held for the general public, with shows and square dancing. Forro (country style) music is the primary accompaniment to this celebration.</span></div>
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São João is a harvest festival, and in a sense it feels a lot more like Christmas than Brazil's "real" Christmas (or Natal). This is because it's a family-and-friends gathering, the tradition being to head into the interior, to the pequena cidade (small town) one or one's family hails from. If you don't have your own pequena cidade there are plenty of them in the interior promoting parties in June -- putting on shows and hosting quadrilhas (square dancing) for the general pubic. Amargosa is one of the best-known.<br />
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Traditional accompaniments to São João are foods made from corn (milho), licor de genipapo (sweet liquor made from the genipapo fruit), bonfires, and firecrackers (the latter tending to go off all during June, to the chagrin of many good citizens!).<br />
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During the festas juninas the Parque de Exposições (Exhibition Park) north of Salvador is all fixed up like a town in the interior and shows -- extremely popular shows primarily featuring the big, commercial forró bands -- are staged.</div>
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This festa in honor of the patron saint of widows and fishermen, held on the<b> 29th of June</b> (more forró), winds up the June celebrations.</div>
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<b><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Bahia</span></b><b><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"> Independence Day</span></b><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"> - Celebrated in Campo Grande. Civic celebration that praises the incoming of the Brazilian liberating forces in </span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Salvador</span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">, in 1823. Even after the proclamation of the Independence of Brazil, </span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Bahia</span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"> continued to be occupied by the Portuguese forces of the Brigadier Madeira de Mello. On July 2nd of the same year, the national army entered the town through ‘Estrada das Boiadas’, now Liberdade (Freedom). The date then was celebrated with intense popular participation as the Bahia Independence Day. Its commemoration includes cultural events and representations of historic facts, allegory floats and groups representing the community.</span><br />
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<span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">The Sisterhood of Good Death, a closed society that only accepts females of African descent is responsible for organizing the entire event. The devotion to Our Lady of Good Death was initiated at the </span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Barroquinha</span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Church</span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"> in </span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Salvador</span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"> by freed female slaves who founded the society around 1823, the objective of which was to work and save enough money to buy the freedom of the other sisters. (<b><i>See out tour schedule for details about our next Good Death’s Sisters Festival tour</i></b>)</span></div>
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On the <b>27th of September</b>, the festa of the two Arab saints, a day when everybody eats carurú, a kind of vegetable stew made from quiabo (okra). When people say they are having a carurú however they mean that guests are served a traditional plate including this food (and vatapá, among other things ), something representative of people coming together in family and friendship.</div>
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<b><span style="color: grey;">Baiana Day</span></b><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"> - Participated in by dozens of Baianas traditionally dressed in white hooped lace dresses and colored beads representative of various orixás, Dia da Baiana opens with a mass at church <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rosario_dos_Pretos_Pelourinho_Salvador.jpg">Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Pretos</a> (Church Our Lady of the Rosary of the Blacks) on the Largo do Pelourinho...and continues with a lunch of traditional Bahian food, samba de roda and other activities at the SENAC restaurant, also located on the largo. This event is not traditional, having been started by state tourism agency Bahiatursa in the '80s.</span><br />
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Thisis a march -- from Ondina to Barra -- which takes place sometime during (or close to) the Brazilian summer. No trio-elétricos, lots of drumming and folklore. </div>
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<i><b><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal;">Dia do Samba</span></b></i><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;"> was created by the Câmara Municipal (Salvador City Council) in the 1940s to honor composer <b>Ary Barroso</b> (who was born on this day), the first show in commemoration of the day taking place in 1972 with the participation of Gilberto Gil. Subsequent years have included and continue to include </span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">Bahia</span><span style="color: grey; font-size: 11pt;">'s greatest sambistas. Festivities take place in the Praça Municipal on a huge stage.</span><br />
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Nossa Senhor da Conceição da Praia is the patron saint of Bahia. Held on <b>December 8th</b>, this festa in the cidade baixa (in the area of the Mercado Modelo and locally referred to simply as "Conceição") kicks off the festival season (December 8th being the day of the Catholic Church's Festa da Nossa Senhora da Conceição). Basically Everyone goes to the beach on this day!<br />
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<b>December 13th</b>, on Rua do Pilar in Comércio. <br />
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bigger islands surrounded by fresh water in the Amazon estuary). It is one of two islands you should definitely visit when coming to Salvador, Bahia, Brasil. The other one is <a href="http://www.mooraboutbahia.com/2010/10/morro-de-sao-paulo.html" target="_blank">Morro de Sao Paulo</a>, covered in <a href="http://www.mooraboutbahia.com/2010/10/morro-de-sao-paulo.html" target="_blank">another post here</a>. Ilha Itaparica, located in the All Saint's Bay is not the only island in the bay. Actually the bay is filled with interesting islands, however Itaparica is the largest. If interested we can help arrange a schooner to take you on a tour of the islands in the bay including Ilha Itaparica. Click this <a href="http://www.bahiabraziltours.com/" target="_blank">Bahia Tours</a> link to arrange your trip.</span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Ilha Itaparica is one of the many magical places located in Bahia, Brasil. If you head out to the island during the daytime in the low season (April - October) you can pretty much get the entire beach to yourself. Many Brasileiros (Brazilians) like to head to Ilha Itaparica on the weekends, especially during the high season. There are some nice restaurants, pousadas, and even a cool night scene during high season.</span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">There are plenty of boats that leave to go to Ilha Itaparica all day long, however many people just take the ferry boats that come back and forth between Itaparica and Salvador every hour. You can even take your car.</span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">I included some info about Ilha Itaparica as well as pictures and video footage from a family trip out there a few years back. The history of the island is very interesting. This was one of the first points of contact for the European explorers into the Western Hemisphere.</span></h1>
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<b>Ilha Itaparica</b> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazilian</a> island in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%C3%ADa_de_Todos_os_Santos" title="Baía de Todos os Santos">All Saint's Bay</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>: <span lang="pt"><i>Baia de Todos de Santos</i></span>), about 10 km from the city of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador,_Bahia" title="Salvador, Bahia">Salvador, Bahia</a>. It is known for hosting the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sul_America_Open" title="Sul America Open">Sul America Open</a> tennis competition. In the island, there are two cities: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itaparica,_Bahia" title="Itaparica, Bahia">Itaparica</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Cruz,_Bahia" title="Vera Cruz, Bahia">Vera Cruz</a>.<br />
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Itaparica can be reached in about one hour by ferry from Salvador. The smaller passenger-ferry departs from near the <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mercado_Modelo&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Mercado Modelo (page does not exist)">Mercado Modelo</a>, while the larger car-ferry goes from about two km north to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bom_Despacho" title="Bom Despacho">Bom Despacho</a>.<br />
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It is the former home of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis" title="Tennis">tennis</a> tournament, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATP_Itaparica" title="ATP Itaparica">ATP Itaparica</a>.<br />
Ilha Itaparica has 40 km of beaches suitable for tourists and exuberant tropical vegetation.<br />
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Here is some video footage of my family's last trip to Itaparica Island: <br />
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Meet the genuine Brazil on Itaparíca Island next to Salvador. Enjoy a holiday in the sun on beaches that seem not to have an end. This is a place that Brazilians themselves choose for their holidays. The sea breeze comforts, and it is never cold. Itaparica Island offers a peace and calm in a lush green landscape, and Salvador offers everything that you can expect from a city with 2.6 milliion inhabitants.</td></tr>
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Ilha Itaparica and Salvador: Climate<br />
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Salvador da Bahia, the state capital, is situated at 13 degrees south of the equator. Traveling eastward across the Atlantic you will reach Angola. The climate is tropical, hot all year round.<br />
<a name='more'></a>September - March is the dry season. April - July has quite a lot of rain, but the sun shines in between. Most of the rainfall comes in May and June. This is not the place for a holiday in the sun between mid-April and mid-July, but the rest of the year is. <br />
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Expect daylight from about 4-30 - 5 a.m. to 6 - 6.30 p.m. It is a bit cooler in the morning and after 5 p.m. and joggers and football players use these cool hours. The maximum temperature ever in Salvador was 38 centigrades, a rare event. Normally, 34 centigrades is the maximum of the year.<br />
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A cooling breze blows most of the day. The sea holds 25 - 28 centigrades. The humidity in the air varies between 78 and 83 which is comforting to most people. Skin problems often get less severe during your stay here, e.g. exemas and psoriasis. <br />
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Tropical cyclones and tornadoes never occur. (Nor do earth-quakes.).<br />
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A Short History of Ilha Itaparica</h2>
<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Itaparica,_Brazil.jpg/796px-Itaparica,_Brazil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="iha itaparica in baia dos todos santos" border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Itaparica,_Brazil.jpg/796px-Itaparica,_Brazil.jpg" height="240" title="" width="320" /></a>The native population around the Baía de Todos Santos were called Gé. Their land was taken over by another Indian people, the Tupinambá. When the world was created, a Tupinambá myth tells, an enormous white bird came flying from the centre of the Universe looking for a paradise landscape. It flew days and nights until it found what it was looking for in the area to become the Baía de Todos Santos. It landed but died of exhaustion. Its long white wings became beaches, and its final heartbeat made a deep hole in the land. The sea filled the gap and the Baía de Todos Santos had been created. The Tupinambá called the vast bay Kirymuré. The name Itaparica is said to mean "surrounded by stones", i.e. coral reefs. Descendants of the Tupinambá still live around Olinda town further south in Bahia.<br />
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Thousands of years passed, and on November 1st 1501 the vessel of Amerigo Vespucci sailed into the bay and "discovered" the Salvador area. The bay was named after the date of the day (Baía de Todos Santos means Bay of All Saints). Just a few years before the world had been divided between Spain and Portugal. Spain got all land west of a line drawn from north to south through a spot (which would prove to be) close to the estuary of the Amazon river. The Portuguese got all land east of this line, which meant the Salvador area belonged to Portugal. The French did not recognise this division of the world, so the Portuguese divided their new American land into "capitanias", small areas between the coastline and the dividing line. The idea was that each captain should defend the land against the French and develop the economy. This solution would not prove to be a successfull one.<br />
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Some time between 1509 and 1511 a Portuguese ship was wrecked in the Baía de Todos Santos. One of the survivors was called Diogo Alvares Correa. He was greeted by the Tupinambás who called him Caramuru (a species of fish) since he came out of the sea. Caramuru became a highly regarded man and chief Taparicá gave him his daughter Paragu<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt;">ç</span>u for wife. Later they also had a Christian wedding after the bride had been baptised in France in 1525 and received the name Catharina. The marriage between Paragua<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt;">ç</span>u and Caramuru has a symbolic meaning in Brazil being a nation of immigrants.<br />
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The family of Paragua<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt;">ç</span>u was the first mixed family between a native inhabitant and a European immigrant. The reamins of Paraguaçu are still in the first church of Salvador, Nossa Senhora da Graça. The first Graça church was built by Caramuru who came to live for 47 years among the Tupinambá. One legend tells that a Tupinambá woman threw herself into the sea and tried to follow his ship because of love. She failed and drowned. Her name was Moema, or mbo-em in the language of the Tupinambá. It is said to mean "the rejected one". A comical film about Caramuru and the colonialisation of Brazil was made in 2001. It was called Caramuru - A Invenção do Brasil. You can read about this film in the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298786/">imdb</a> (International Movie Data Base).<br />
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Apart from Caramuru, the French were the most important European tradesmen around the bay in the early 16th century. They traded with the Tupinambá but did not make any efforts of colonalisation. Caramuru himself was a kind of trading agent between Americans and Europeans.<br />
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The first Portuguese captain of the Baía de Todos Santos area capitania arrived in 1536. His name was Françisco Pereira Coutinho and he built a village on the very south tip of what would be called the Salvador peninsula. The next year his ship capsized and he was taken prisoner by the Tupinambá. They ate him.<br />
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The system with capitanias failed, and in 1549 Thomé de Souza arrived to construct Brazil´s new capital: Salvador. He gave the island to his sister and the first settlement was in Baiacu. Caramuru managed to make a treaty of peace between the Portuguese and Tupinambá. Jesuits arrived together with Thomé de Souza. Many Indians converted to Christianity. The Pope had decided that the Portuguese and the Spanish had to try to convert the peoples of their colonies, but if someone refused to convert, this person could be made a slave.<br />
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After Caramurus death in 1557 wars were launched against the Indians. Converts and non-converts were taken prisoner alike. Other Indians died from the diseases brought to the New World by the Europeans. But Indians proved to be non-efficient slave workers. Instead, Africans were imported. They were sold on slave markets in Salvador. Slavery was not abolished in Brazil until in 1888. More than one million three houndred thousand slaves were sold in Salvador through the centuries. This number is twice the number of all slaves ever brought into the U.S.A, and this is why Bahia still remains the Afro-American part of Brazil with a large majority of people with African roots. African cooking, clothing and beliefs have survived. <br />
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Many stories are told about the past of Ilha Itaparica, and some are more credible than others. One story tells of Dutch sailors who were so delicious that the native people caught and fed them to make them fit for a feast meal. Another story tells of slaves that had escaped. They started catching whales in order not to starve.<br />
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They hunted the whales down from canoes using harpoons and caught so many whales that they had to construct ovens with high chimneys in order to reduce the corpses. It is said that you still can find skeletons of whales. Also, some people claim that families know of sunken treasures and sometimes fetch a piece which can be sold to an antiques dealer when there is desperate need for money. (These stories have been taken from the homepage <a href="http://www.vagabondo.net/index.php/cafe/Itaparica:_Wandering_in_Brazil_with_Emilio_Biggi">http://www.vagabondo.net/index.php/cafe/Itaparica:_Wandering_in_Brazil_with_Emilio_Biggi </a><br />
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Chapada Diamantina</h1>
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<b>Chapada Diamantina</b> is a region of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahia" title="Bahia">Bahia</a> state in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Region,_Brazil" title="Northeast Region, Brazil">Northeast of Brazil</a>.<br />
The Chapada Diamantina has a dramatic landscape with high plains, table-top mesas, and steep cliffs or towers known as '<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tepuy" title="Tepuy">tepuy</a>.' Before the arrival of the Portuguese in the 1800s, the only local inhabitants of the region were indigenous Indians from the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maracas" title="Maracas">Maracas</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cariris" title="Cariris">Cariris</a> tribes.<br />
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<b>Chapada</b> is a Brazilian word that means a region of steep cliffs, usually at the edge of a plateau. Diamantina<br />
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The geographical center of Bahia is the Diamantina Tableland region. In this <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain" title="Mountain">mountainous</a> region with a diversified <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography" title="Topography">topography</a>, 90% of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River" title="River">rivers</a> of the Paraguaçu, Jacuípe and Rio das Contas <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">basins</a> have their source here. There are thousands of kilometers of clear <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water" title="Water">waters</a> that spring from these mountains and descend in cascades and waterfalls to plateaus and plains, forming beautiful natural pools. <br />
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Another scenic attraction is the Cachoeira da Fumaça (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall" title="Waterfall">Waterfall</a>), that falls 420 m (1,380 ft), the Gruta dos Brejões, the largest cavern opening of Bahia, and the amazing Poço Encantado, which fascinates visitors to the region. There are so many natural attractions that it is possible to choose between subterranean routes in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave" title="Cave">caves</a>, or trip to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall" title="Waterfall">waterfalls</a>, trek along old gold mining trails or follow the steps of the Prestes Column, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapel" title="Rapel">rapel</a>, climb mountains, or go horseback riding in the Vale do Capão or Vale do Paty, in the midst of esoteric and alternative communities. Many of the sites are protected by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Park" title="National Park">National Park</a> of Diamantina Tableland region and the Environmental Preservation Area Serra do Barbado and Marimbus, Iraquara. There are opportunities to take long bikes, or travel on horseback, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_bike" title="Mountain bike">mountain bike</a> or off-road <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle" title="Vehicle">vehicles</a>.<br />
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Also for anyone interested in purchasing land in the Chapada Diamantina region, get in touch with me. Shoot me an email <br />
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We have agents in that area as well as translators (if you don't speak Portuguese). My friend also has a contract with a heliporto and can provide a fly over the Chapada from Salvador, BA. Chapada is around 300 kilometers from Salvador and will take about 90 minutes to get there via helicopter.</div>
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Here is a 10 minute video (very nicely put together) with some good footage of Chapada Diamantina and other places in Bahia.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/14106290">Wide Angle Bahia</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/daviddutton">David Dutton</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
This is a collection of video clips from my vacation in Bahia, Brazil. We took a road trip to Chapada Diamantina, Brazil's lost world on the west side of Bahia. The rest of the shots are mainly around Salvador and the beaches up north. <br />
<a href="http://www.duttonfilms.com/">www.duttonfilms.com</a>Sharif Ali ☪ ✡http://www.blogger.com/profile/01199057717382015986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760590642459760272.post-42354229677901946172016-10-25T16:57:00.000-04:002017-12-27T13:46:00.362-05:00FESTA NOSSA SENHORA DA BOA MORTE FESTIVAL<h3 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" style="text-align: center;">
Fest Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte (Order of Our Lady of the Good Death) </h3>
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The Festa Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte A.K.A. Boa Morte Festival is an incredible event to witness! The Irmandade da Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte means Order of our Lady of the Good Death. It is a Candomble sorority that has been going strong for nearly two hundred years.<br />
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Once every year the sisterhood of Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte holds an event where the Virgin Mary is marched through the town while festivities celebrating this colorful event take place. <b>(read below for more info)</b> <br />
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I have witnessed the Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte Festival and it was very impressive. People from all over the world come to this small town called Cachoeira to witness this event. <a href="http://www.bahiabraziltours.com/" target="_blank">Click this link if you would like to attend this wonderful event.</a><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Our_Lady_of_the_Good_Death">This article can be found @ Wikipedia here</a>.<br />
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The <b>Order of Our Lady of the Good Death</b> (<i><b>Irmandade da Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte</b></i>) is a small but renowned <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African" title="African">Afro</a>-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism" title="Catholicism">Catholic</a> religious group in the state of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahia" title="Bahia">Bahia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>.<br />
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Founded in the early 19th century as a Church-sponsored beneficent Sisterhood for female African slaves and former slaves, it became one of the oldest and most respected worship groups for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9" title="Candomblé">Candomblé</a>, the major African-based religion in Brazil. Presently reduced to about thirty members (from 200 or so at its height), most of them over fifty, it still attracts worshipers every year, especially at its August festival.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="History">History of </span>the Festa Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte A.K.A. Boa Morte Festival</h3>
The history of the <i>Irmandade da Boa Morte</i> ("Sisterhood of the Good Death"), a religious confraternity devoted to the Assumption of the Virgin, is part of the history of mass importation of blacks from the African coast to the cane-growing catchment area around the port of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador,_Bahia" title="Salvador, Bahia">Salvador, Bahia</a>, known as the <i>Recôncavo Baiano</i>. Iberian adventurers built several towns in this area, one of them being <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachoeira" title="Cachoeira">Cachoeira</a>, which was the second most important economic center in Bahia for three centuries.<br />
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Confraternities proliferated during the 19th century, when the country was independent but still lived under the regime of slavery. For each profession, race and nation — because the African slaves and their descendants came from different places with different cultures — a separate <i>irmandade</i> was founded. There were confraternities for the rich, poor, musicians, blacks, whites, etc. There were almost none for women and in the male confraternities women entered as dependents to ensure they would receive benefits from the corporation after the death of their husbands. For the confraternity to operate, says historian <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jo%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_Reis&action=edit&redlink=1" title="João José Reis (page does not exist)">João José Reis</a>, a church had to welcome it and its statutes had to be approved by an ecclesiastical authority.<br />
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In a patriarchal society marked by racial and ethnic differences, the confraternity is made up exclusively of black women, which gives this Afro-Catholic manifestation — as some consider it — a certain fame. It is known both as an expression of Brazilian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque" title="Baroque">baroque</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a>, with its distinctive street processions, and for its tendency to include in religious festivals profane rituals punctuated by a lot of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba" title="Samba">samba</a> and banqueting.<br />
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Besides the gender and race of the confraternity’s members, their status as former slaves and descendants of slaves is an important social characteristic without which it would be difficult to understand many aspects of the confraternity’s religious commitments. The former slaves have demonstrated enormous adroitness in worshiping in the religion of those in power without letting go of their ancestral beliefs, as well as in the ways they defend the interests of their followers and represent them socially and politically.<br />
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No one really knows in what year the Sisterhood of the Good Death was founded. Odorico speculates that the organized devotion began in 1820 in the <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Ros%C3%A1rio&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Church of Rosário (page does not exist)">Church of Rosário</a> in Barroquinha <b style="color: red;">(We lived there for a while</b>), a borough of Salvador; and that <i>Gêges</i> (blacks of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewe_%28people%29" title="Ewe (people)">Ewe</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fon_people" title="Fon people">Fon</a> ethnicities) who moved from there to Cachoeira were responsible for organizing it. Others speak of that period too, but disagree about the nation of the pioneers, saying they were freed Ketus (ethnic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_people" title="Yoruba people">Yorubas</a>). It seems that the membership of the confraternity had a variety of ethnic origins and that they numbered more than a hundred in the first years.<br />
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Historically, the year 1820 makes sense. Since early in the nineteenth century, progress had been afoot in the <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rec%C3%B4ncavo&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Recôncavo (page does not exist)">Recôncavo</a> and new agricultural and industrial techniques were introduced there. While the sugar economy was experiencing difficulties, tobacco gained new strength when it attracted the interest of German capital following the political independence of Brazil. The opening of motorized shipping lines strengthened the breeze of economic renewal, stimulating the integration of the Recôncavo with the provincial capital and increasing trade. This in turn encouraged the formation of strong links between black slaves in many cities, especially Salvador and Cachoeira.<br />
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Jeferson Bacelar notes that the 1820s, especially the first three years of the decade, were marked by a process of agitation and excitement among the people of Bahia, many of whom - regardless of social class - were involved in a struggle for Independence that was marked by a strong anti-Portuguese spirit and armed skirmishes. The easing of tension between masters and slaves elicited by this momentary “unity” contributed to the permanent removal of blacks to the cities of the Recôncavo, where slaveowners were very interested in solving the conflict and, to defend their interests, armed the slaves and used them against the Portuguese.<br />
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This exceptional state of affairs resulted in a large number of religious and civil initiatives by the slaves, among them, perhaps, the Irmandade da Boa Morte. Antônio Moraes Ribeiro’s research <b>associates the confraternity’s emergence from the slave quarters with the abolitionist atmosphere after the brutally crushed revolt of Muslim slaves in Bahia in 1835 <span style="color: red;">(In other words, MOORS)</span>. Perhaps that is the origin of the clearly Islamic touch to the confraternity’s very</b><a href="http://www.brazilnuts.com/_images/boamorte/boamorte_300.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.brazilnuts.com/_images/boamorte/boamorte_300.jpg" /></a><b> beautiful traditional clothes. As Raul Lody notes, the costume’s impressiveness is heightened by the use of a turban.</b><b> Antônio Moraes believes that one of the probable leaders of the Islamic Revolt, Luiza Mahim, was personally involved in the founding of the confraternity after her flight from Salvador to the Recôncavo.</b><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil"><b>For more info about Moorish history in Brazil go here: Islam in Brazil</b></a><br />
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Luiz Cláudio Nascimento, an historian from Cachoeira, says that the first liturgies of the black Sisterhood were held in the Church of the Third Order of Carmo, traditionally used by the local elites. Later the sisters moved to the Church of Santa Bárbara in the Santa Casa de Misericórdia hospital, where there are images of Our Lady of Glory and Our Lady of the Good Death. From there they moved to the Church of Amparo (which was demolished in 1946 and replaced by a middle class housing project). They left that church for the Parish Church (<i>Igreja Matriz</i>), and then went to the Church of Ajuda.<br />
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The religious confraternities of the 19th century — like the secular ones such as the Society for the Protection of the Handicapped, a case studied by the anthropologist Julio Braga — did more than revere Catholic saints and the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha" title="Orisha">orixás</a></i>, or Afro-Brazilian divinities, of their members. While they outwardly met ecclesiastical and legal requirements, they become exclusive guilds that worked behind the scenes for the interests of their members. As respected organizations of solidarity, they were at the same time living expressions of inter-ethnic exchange and an ambiguous instrument of social control, whose participants were creative "managers".<br />
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The confraternity always made its members contribute. One-off membership and annual fees, alms collected and other forms of income were used for a variety of purposes: purchases of freedom from slavery, festivals, religious obligations, payments for masses, charity, clothing. In the case of Boa Morte, whose members were relatively poor and almost all elderly—from 50 to 70 years old—the funds raised during members' lifetimes were always meant to pay for a decent funeral, whose preparations, given the dual religious activities of its members, required both rigor and understanding, besides being a nest-egg for the burial.<br />
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In time the Sisterhood has lessened its connection to the Catholic Church and has become a landmark of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9" title="Candomblé">Candomblé</a>, the main African-based religion of Brazil. Candomblé is a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritist" title="Spiritist">spiritist</a> religion, that worships a complex pantheon of deities or guardian spirits, the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha" title="Orisha">Orixás</a></i>. At Candomblé rituals, the Orixás are invoked and "incorporate" in the officiating priests.<br />
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Due to their secret nature the inner rites of the Sisterhood, linked to the worship of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha" title="Orisha">Orixás</a>, have still not been the object of an ethnographic interpretation. What has been studied is the exterior part of the worship, which uses almost entirely Catholic symbols, appropriated by Afro-Brazilian religion. The high point of the Sisterhood's activities is the Festival of Our Lady of the Good Death, held every year in Cachoeira.<br />
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The Sisterhood's Festival brings together elements of Candomblé worship with an ancient Christian festival, the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumption_of_the_Virgin" title="Assumption of the Virgin">Assumption of the Virgin</a>, whose origins are in the Orient. The festival reached Rome in the 7th century, spread through the Catholic world over the next two centuries, and was eventually brought from Portugal to Brazil, where it was known as the festival of Our Lady of August.<br />
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Devotion to the Good Death was just as common in colonial and imperial Brazil as the confraternities. It has always been a popular cult. In the Church of Our Lady of Rosário in Barroquinha it became stronger and more consistent. There was considerable Gêge-Nagô presence there and the celebrations described by writers like Silva Campos were similar to contemporary practices in Cachoeira. One of the most respected candomblé centers in Bahia originated there; founded in the 18th century, the <i>Casa Branca center in Engenho Velho da Federação</i> in Salvador has been studied by Renato da Silveira.<br />
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The Sisterhood's version of the Festival became a popular devotion with racial features as the Sisterhood gathered mainly black and mixed-race women, and acquired a unique interpretation with its own characteristics. For that reason the cult has always caused conflict with church authorities. Its spread throughout the Bahian community is due, among other things, to the fact that the tradition of spiritual mediums in African religions has always relativized the problem of death, as disciples of candomblé believe in successive reincarnations. Candomblé lent elements of its belief system to a practice that was originally Catholic, as well as socio-historical components of the hard reality of slavery, of a captivity that made martyrs of those in the diaspora.<br />
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Veneration of Our Lady of the Good Death came to have social significance as it allowed slaves to gather, maintain their religiosity in a hostile environment and shape a corporate instrument for defending and valuing of individuals. It became, for all of these reasons, an unrivaled means of celebrating life.<br />
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At the beginning of August a long schedule of public events brings people from everywhere to Cachoeira, to what Moraes Ribeiro considers the most representative living document of Brazilian, baroque, Ibero-African religiosity. Suppers, parades, masses, processions, <i>samba-de-roda</i> (a traditional form of playing and dancing the samba in a circle) put the confraternity in the center of events in this provincial city and, ultimately, in the main newspapers and news networks of the capital.<br />
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The festival’s calendar includes the confession of members in the parish church; a cortege representing the death of Our Lady; a vigil followed by a supper of bread, wines and seafood in obedience to religious customs forbidding the consumption of palm oil and meat on the day of Oxalá, the creator of the universe; and the burial procession of Our Lady of the Good Death, during which the sisters wear their ceremonial clothing.<br />
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The celebration of the Assumption of Our Lady of Glory by a mass in the mother church, followed by a procession, gives way to the contagious fun of the people of Cachoeira, which breaks out in full color, food, music and dancing over as many days as the donations and annual reserves allow.<br />
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Like all confraternities of Bahia, the Boa Morte has an internal hierarchy that administers the everyday devotions of its members. The leadership is made up of four sisters, responsible for organizing the public festival in August. They are replaced each year. At the top, in the most prominent position of the Irmandade da Boa Morte, is the Perpetual Judge, who is the eldest member. There follow the posts of Attorney General, Provider, Treasurer and Scribe; the first is at the head of religious and profane activities.<br />
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Novices must be attached to a candomblé center in the area—usually Gêge, Ketu or Nagô-Batá—and must profess religious syncretism. They go through an initiation that has a preparatory phase of three years during which they are known as "sisters of the purse" and their vocation is tested. Once they are accepted they can take positions of leadership and rise in the confraternity’s hierarchy every three years.<br />
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They all share the tasks of cooking, collecting funds, organizing ceremonial suppers, processions and the funerals of members according to religious precepts and unwritten statutory regulations. Elections are held each year. Votes are cast with grains of corn and beans; the former indicates a nay and the latter a favorable vote. As application of hierarchical differences and the rules regarding each position, all the sisters are on the same footing as servants of Our Lady. Besides being sisters in their devotion to her, they are sometimes sisters in candomblé and are almost always "relatives"—Africans and their descendants in Brazil broadened the concept of kinship to include all those who are of the same nation.<br />
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African ancestry was reworked within Bahian religious institutions and the lay confraternities end up serving this process of cultural intercourse. The belief system has absorbed the values of the dominant culture in a functional and creative way so that, in the name of life, complex processes of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretism" title="Syncretism">syncretism</a> and cultural appropriation take place.<br />
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One example is the descent of Our Lady herself to the confraternity every seven years to direct the celebrations in person through the Attorney-General and celebrate among the living the relativity of death. Other examples are found in the symbols of clothing and food, where there is constant reference to the links between this world (<i>Aiyê</i>) and the other (<i>Orun</i>).<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Cachoeira</span></b> means "waterfall" in Portuguese. </div>
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There is a small town in the state of Bahia with the same name. This place is a beautiful treasure in my opinion. One of the reasons I believe you haven't really experienced Brazil until you experience small town life here. Life here is very laid back, a big contrast to the overcrowded cities. That's saying a lot because Brazil as a whole has a laid back approach to life.<br />
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Thousands of people are drawn to Cachoeira every year for a festival called for the Assumption of Our Lady of Glory. The festival is held by Irmandade da Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte (The Order of Our Lady of the Good Death). <a href="http://mooraboutbahia.blogspot.com/2010/10/baiano-culture-order-of-our-lady-of.html">For more on this festival check out the next post here</a>.<br />
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<b>Cachoeira</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>, meaning the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall" title="Waterfall">waterfall</a>), is an inland <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town" title="Town">town</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahia" title="Bahia">Bahia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragua%C3%A7u_River" title="Paraguaçu River">Paraguaçu River</a>. The town exports <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar" title="Sugar">sugar</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco" title="Tobacco">tobacco</a> and is a thriving commercial and industrial centre.<br />
First settled by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerindian" title="Amerindian">Indians</a>, it was later settled by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portuguese</a> families of Dias Adorno and Rodrigues Martins.<br />
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It became known as Nossa Senhora do Rosário in 1674. It was a strategic area and <br />
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Sugar cane farming, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">gold</a> mining on <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rio_das_Contas&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Rio das Contas (page does not exist)">rio das Contas</a>, increased traffic on royal streets, and navigation on the Rio Paraguaçu combined to boost the regional economy in the beginning of the 18th century. In the beginning of 1800, the Cachoeirense society became very important politically. It actively participated in the war of the <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Independence_of_Bahia&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Independence of Bahia (page does not exist)">Independence of Bahia</a>.<br />
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The town became a city under the imperial decree of March 13, 1873 (Provincial Law 43).<br />
Cachoeira is considered a national monument of the Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico Artístico e Nacional (<a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IPHAN&action=edit&redlink=1" title="IPHAN (page does not exist)">IPHAN</a>)<br />
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It is currently undergoing a bit of a tourist revival, and is a centre of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9" title="Candomblé">candomblé</a>.<br />
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Cachoeira is about 2 hours northwest of <a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Salvador" title="Salvador">Salvador</a> by car. Take a bus from the bus station in Salvador. If you start early, it's a great day trip from Salvador. <br />
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Cachoiera and São Félix (it's neighboring city) are small so walking is the best way to get around. <br />
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<li><b>Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora do Rosário</b> is a beautiful church near the museum. It is sometimes open in the mornings. You can see the spires from most places in the city. It's a good starting point for exploring the city. </li>
<li><b>Museum of Hansen Bahia</b>- The museum is on the street behind the church. Hansen Bahia was a German artist. He visited Brazil and loved it so much he made it his home. The museum has a lot of his art and it's free to look around. Visit in the morning because it is sometimes closed around noon. </li>
<li><b>"Sisterhood of the Good Death"</b> Irmandade Da Boa Morte - If you're interested at all in Candomblé, you can get some information here. The sisterhood was originally organized to ensure proper burial of members of their religion. Looking around the one room is free but they will ask you for donations. It is located across the street from the Hansen Bahia Museum. </li>
<li><b>Dannamann Cigar Factory</b> (In São Félix) - Tobacco has been grown in this region since the 18th century. Dannamann Cigars are considered the best in Brazil. Even if you aren't into cigars, you can watch them being made and it is very interesting. The "showroom" has free coffee and you can buy cigars and smoke them on site. It is located across the bridge in São Félix along the river. </li>
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<li><b>Visit the Market</b>- If you arrive on a Saturday morning, you can get off the bus in the market. Many Brazilians do their weekly grocery shopping at the market on Saturday mornings. There is a lot to look at besides food and it’s a great cultural insight. </li>
<li><b>Learn about Candomble</b> - If you ask the right person, you may be able to observe one of their meetings. It's a fascinating religion with roots from Africa. </li>
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<li><b>Pousada do Convento Resturant</b> - The Pousada is a converted convent. The resturant is reasonably priced and has generous portions. If you get any of the pasta dishes, they are huge and easily feed two. </li>
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Here are some pictures to give you an idea of how beautiful Cachoeira is. <br />
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US Consulate in Brazil located in Salvador, Bahia Brasil</h1>
The US Consulate in Brazil located in Salvador da Bahia operates by appointment only,
except for emergency services. Emergencies include - death, arrest,
stolen or lost passports. You can schedule your appointment by sending
an email to the email address below. By scheduling your appointment
through email, we can provide more efficient service to the public and
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Please arrive in the section 15 minutes prior to your appointment time.<br />
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Services requiring email appointments:<br />
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To schedule an appointment, please email: <a href="mailto:amcon99@terra.com.br"><span class="gI">amcon99@terra.com.br</span></a>, Heather Marques U.S. Consular<br />
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US Consulate in Brazil | Bahia Brasil Consular Office
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The U.S. Consulate in Rio de Janeiro maintains a Consular Agency in
Salvador to provide the services above described to all American
Citizens located in the area of Bahia state.<br />
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The US Consulate office in Salvador is located in the Salvador Trade Center. <br />
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<span class="subhead_red_h3">Important!</span> U.S. citizen services for the consular agency must be scheduled through email. Check the <a href="http://brazil.usembassy.gov/salvador.html">Salvador page</a> for instructions on how to schedule your appointment.<br />
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<span class="subhead_gray_h4">Address:</span><br />
Salvador Trade Center, room 1401, Torre Sul,<br />
Avenida Tancredo Neves, 1632, <br />
Caminho das Árvores <br />
41820-020 Salvador, Bahia<br />
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<b>Phones:</b> <br />
Tel.: (71) 3113-2090 / 3113-2091<br />
<b>Fax:</b><b> </b>(71) 3113-2092 <br />
<span class="subhead_gray_h4">Working Hours:</span> 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Mondays thru Fridays), except on <a href="http://brazil.usembassy.gov/holidays.html">Brazilian and U.S. holidays</a>.<br />
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The US Consulate in Brazil offers many services for American citizens. In addition it is a good idea to keep the Consulate updated with your current address if you live in Brazil. This way the US Consulate can keep you updated in case of any emergencies. They also keep a list of physicians, lawyers and other professionals.<br />
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The US Consulate in Salvador does not process visas for Brazilian citizens. Brazilians will need to contact the US Embassy in Brazil in order to apply for a visa or the US Consulate in Rio de Janeiro. The nearest Consulate that will process visas is located in Recife.<br />
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Fees - U.S. Citizen Services</h1>
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<td> Passport Book - Minor (under 16 years old)</td>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I recently received an email from a brother interested in moving to Salvador, Bahia, Brasil part-time. He asked some questions that I'm sure somebody else out there has as well. This article covers a lot. Dosen't matter what you are looking for in Brazil, booty, real estate deals, prices for rent, or if you are trying to find out how the women are down here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes the women of brazil, especially here in Bahia (and everywhere in the world, lol) love dark skinned men. Many of the women here in Salvador, Bahia are dark skinned themselves. Bahia is the heart of Afro Brazilian culture. Check out this video I posted on facebook a back in February to see what some of the people down here look like: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=123782181029121" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1300593449_13">http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=123782181029121</span></a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To answer your 2nd question. Congratulations on your successful internet business! I have some that are doing great too. That is definitely the way to go as making money online allows you the freedom to travel and also to conduct business from anywhere that has internet access.</span><br style="font-family: inherit;" /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><br style="font-family: inherit;" /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Salvador is not expensive at all compared to the USA. It is the 3rd largest city in Brazil, so the cost of living is not as low here as it is in the majority of the country. It is less than half the cost of living in a US city of the same size like </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1300593449_16" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;">Miami</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> or Houston. Plus it is WAAAY less stressful.</span><br style="font-family: inherit;" /><span style="font-family: inherit;"> For people that make money overseas (like online for example) your dollars definitely go further down here in Bahia.</span></span><br />
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thanks for your response buddy. Once I come to Bahia maybe we can meet. Have you been to Recife or Fortaleza? For some reason I love the mulata women in brazil. Are there alot of these women in salvador, recife, fortaleza? thanks</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Peace,<br />
Sure we can link up when you touch down here. I've never been to Recife or Fortaleza. As for Salvador, yeah there are a lot of women who fit in the mulatta description.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thanks sharif, One last question, what are some typical cheap rent prices? Is it possible to rent a room from someone?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here are sample rent prices for a temporary place:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Upscale With Ocean View 115 USD per day</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I also have a tour company so we get rentals like this for people who come down here all the time. These are just sample prices, let me know if you want any more info.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thanks for the help buddy, I appreciate it. As soon as I get my internet business up and running smoothly I will be head to bahia. Ive been studying my portuguese, and cant wait to get there. If everything works out, I might make a permanent move there. How did you obtain your permanent <a href="http://www.travelpassportvisacenter.com/?a_aid=b918b917">visa to brazil</a>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma"; font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> hello again</span></div>
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I'm glad to hear you are planning on coming out here to check out Bahia. To answer your question, yes the women are open to dating African American men. The language barrier is not a problem, especially if you are open to learning Portuguese and most importantly friendly and fun to be around. Here in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1301326088_0" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;">Brazil</span> the big emphasis is on enjoying life so as long as you are friendly and cool you will have no problem with the ladies. You should make some effort to learn at least the basics in Portuguese though, since you are planning on coming to Brazil and Portuguese is their language. Most people do not speak English here. Just like in the U.S. It's not a lot of people walking around in the States who speak Portuguese. The good thing about having a girlfriend who speaks Portuguese is that she will have you speaking it in no time and she can help you get acquainted to life down here.<br />
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On your 2nd question, no it is way easier to meet women of Brazil. I say that because the culture here is generally more friendly and accepting than in the U.S. People don't act as "stuck up" as the do in the U.S. either. It is way easier to make friends in Brazil. The culture here is friendlier and also big on showing affection. For example, generally when you greet the opposite sex here you give them a hug and kiss on both cheeks. If you are talking to a female you generally hold her hand and make eye contact. This doesn't mean she's your girlfriend, it's just part of the culture here to show affection (which also makes it easier to hook up with the opposite sex). </span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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Also, there are plenty of beautiful, young women here who are not married. I'm not just saying that. I'm a man. I live out here in Bahia. I see them everyday. There is no shortage of beauties. Fear not. You might have to worry about going into sensory overload from the overabundance of bonitinha garotas (pretty girls)! Literally, a friend of mine who is visiting <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1301326088_1" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); cursor: pointer;">Bahia</span> right now was just saying that the other day. He was joking that he was about to go into diabetic shock from all the sweet ladies he was seeing.<br />
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Hope that answers your questions.<br />
Let me know if you have any other questions.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">check out this link: <a href="http://www.collegenet.com/elect/app/app?service=external/Forum&sp=14582" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1301329374_0">http://www.collegenet.com/elect/app/app?service=external/Forum&sp=14582</span></a><br />
That pretty much sums it up!<br />
I forgot to add that the women here are more old school in a good way because they still value family and understand the important role that women play in society. Here the woman knows how to cook, clean, and take care of the children. She also knows how to treat her mate and make him feel like a man. In return she expects her man to take care of her, and shower her with attention and affection.<br />
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In other words the women here don't ask for to much in return. I didn't want to make it seem like I am trying to sell Bahia to anyone because I'm not. But this is the truth. I know a lot of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1301329374_1">American women</span> would probably hate to hear this talk but the truth hurts.</span><br />
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I agree with what the guy said on that <a href="http://www.collegenet.com/elect/app/app?service=external/Forum&sp=14582" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1301329374_2">link</span></a> with the name lowkey. He is on point. Hell my wife is Puerto Rican/Haitian. She knows how to be a woman and take care of her man. That's why I married her, lol.<br />
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I love the women in America too but it's really difficult to find one with these important values. Most of them don't even know how (or are to lazy) to cook. This is sad. Back in the day Mama used to tell her daughter that the fastest way to a man's heart is through his stomach.<br />
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Now you got a lot of ladies who either want to eat out or throw some food in the microwave and call it dinner. They aren't worried about getting to the man's heart as much as getting to his wallet, lol.<br />
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You have some <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gold-Digger-Explicit/dp/B000VZO3NO?ie=UTF8&tag=consbookcafe-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">golddiggers</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=consbookcafe-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000VZO3NO" height="1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> and tramps down here but the majority of women aren't like that.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>This Info is Really on Point and Balanced. Great Perspective:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.collegenet.com/elect/app/app?service=RenderAvatar&sp=S150687&sp=S20&sp=1" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="expat" border="0" class="forum_post_author_avatar" src="http://www.collegenet.com/elect/app/app?service=RenderAvatar&sp=S150687&sp=S20&sp=1" title="" /></a> I've read everybody’s post so far. Some people make some valid points. I think some people are guessing about how Brazilian culture works. I like all cultures and have visited and dealt with women from several different countries and ethnicities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">To those that say that there are men that only go to Brazil to have sex with beautiful willing women. You are right. There are some men that do that. Do a lot of black men go to Brazil to find women for wives, yes they do. The difference is that you will always have people that will take advantage of others. That is a given. I do not like anymore than anyone else. For those men that go to Brazil to find the women of their dreams I think that is perfectly fine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some of you people that have posted might not know that there are 4x as many black people in Brazil then there are in America. Most of the amazingly smart and beautiful black women in America are married or engaged in a relationship. They are prized possessions. The chances of a Black male from America finding the woman of their dreams are much higher in Brazil. First the average age of a black male in Brazil is 19. That is due to the fact there is not a true middle class and most males have fallen victim to very violent crimes. The ratio of women to men in Brazil is 4 to 1. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">2ND PART <a href="http://www.collegenet.com/elect/app/app?service=external/CandidateProfile&sp=150687"><span class="forum_post_author_name">lowkeyy</span></a> Location: PA <a href="http://www.collegenet.com/elect/app/app?service=external/Forum&sp=14582&sp=210984#210984">Re: Brazilian women are taking American Men</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.collegenet.com/elect/app/app?service=RenderAvatar&sp=S150687&sp=S20&sp=1" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="expatriate" border="0" class="forum_post_author_avatar" src="http://www.collegenet.com/elect/app/app?service=RenderAvatar&sp=S150687&sp=S20&sp=1" title="" /></a> I hate to give this a general perspective, but I can only go based upon the people that have met in my travels. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The women in Brazil are not stupid. They understand their situation. They also know that Brazilian men do not need to marry. Most Brazilian women that are married openly know that their Husbands are being unfaithful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">They also understand that Brazil does not subsidize single mothers as they do in America. I have to say this so do not get to mad. If there were no enforced child support or Social programs in America single mothers in America would not be as independent as they claim. Remember this, the average Brazilian woman can only make but so much. There is a ceiling for women in Brazil. Brazilian women understand that marring an American Man will automatically improve their social and economical standings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I personally love traveling to Bahia. The culture there is very close to that of some of the countries in Africa. I think the one thing that Black American men have picked up on is that Brazilian women have the physical features that they like and have the cultural values of Africa. Where the American Black women are completely westernized and there are less black women in America than Brazil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Personally I love women no matter where they come from. If they are sincere and have a beautiful spirit they could be from Mars. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Hate it or Love it, that's how it is.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>WELL SAID!</b></span></div>
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<b>Before I list the seasons and different regions in Brazil it should be noted that the Equator runs through the Northern region of the country. Most areas are very nice ALL YEAR including the Northeast (which includes Bahia), the Amazon, even Rio de Janeiro to the South. Typical four season models do not apply.</b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black;"> Amazon </span></b>(the rainforest)<br />
<b><span style="color: blue;">Pantanal</span></b> (for bird and animal life watching)<br />
<b>Iguassu Falls</b><u> </u>(the world largest waterfalls)<br />
<b><span style="color: black;"> Rio de Janeiro</span></b> (the capital of fun and beach life)<br />
<b>Salvador da Bahia</b> (musical and beach life in an afro-american style)<br />
<b>Bahia, Fortaleza, Recife</b>: hubs for TOP WORL tropical beaches <br />
<b>Sao Paulo</b> (the business and industrial heart of Brazil)<br />
<b>Brazil's South </b>(Florianopolis, Santa Catarina and other south destinations)</span><br />
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</span> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 10pt;"> Brazil is basically an all-year round destination. But you should consider some weather particularities and conditionings, namely if you intend to travel to the Pantanal or the Amazon. You shouldn’t forget that Brazil is a very wide country, covering half of South America and different climate zones. <br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 10pt;"> Spring: 22nd September - 21st December <br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 10pt;">But we shouldn’t deduce too much from this division. Truly, this four season pattern is only applicable to southern Brazil. Most of Brazil territory shares a two-season pattern: a rainy season (the winter) and a non-rainy one (the summer). </span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 10pt;">And it is the rain – not the cold – that you should equate if your destination is the Northeast, the Amazon, or even Rio de Janeiro and surroundings. Though most showers usually last no more than one hour or two, with subsequent sun reappearing, there are more persistent rainfalls, namely at regions with pronounced rainy seasons as the Amazon and the Pantanal</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 10pt;"> <b>Salvador da Bahia</b> has 50 km of brazilian top resorts with hundreds of natural swimming pools, surrounded by coconut groves: Barra, at the very city, Ondina, Rio Vermelho, Amaralina, Pituba, Armação, Corsário, Jaguaribe, Piatã, Itapoã, Stella Maris, Flamengo, Aleluia… </span> <br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 10pt;">But Salvador da Bahia, as Rio de Janeiro, is much more than just good beaches. There is always music at the enormous straw sunshades that look over the beaches, especially in the more central beach, the Barra. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 10pt;">Salvador da Bahia is the heart of an amazing culture, blending a strong African culture with a European one. Something that is visible in the every day life: in the musical spirit, in the exoticism of the place, in the odd cuisine of the region. <br />
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Bahia (and Salvador) is anyway just a travel option. Near Salvador, or near northeastern hubs as Recife and Fortaleza, there are many other dozens (or hundreds and thousands, to be more literally) of world top beaches deserving your visit.</span></div>
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What's the best time to go to Salvador da Bahia, Fortaleza, Recife or other resorts near these towns (Praia do Forte, Porto Galinhas, Natal, etc.)? They all have agreeable temperatures all year round. Temperatures rarely dip below 25ºC (77ºF) or rise beyond 32 or 33ºC (90ºF). Winter temperatures are just 3-4ºC degrees below the «summer» temperatures. <br />
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The factor you may equate to your travel, is the rain and the ambiance. In Salvador and Recife regions the rainy season begins around the beginning of April, and lasts three months, more or less. At Fortaleza the rain begins a little later (advanced April or May) and lasts also three months.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 10pt;"> The rainy season is less popular and festive. In Bahia there is an interruption of the many daily musical and popular events. In this sense, the rainy season is the worse season to go and visit the Brazilian Northeast cost places. Anyhow, those are all year round beach places, and showers rarely last enough to spoil your travel.</span></div>
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</span></b> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 10pt;"> Brazilian hotels – and the daily cost of life – are very affordable for European or North-American patterns. And the availability is not a problem either.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 10pt;"> But you should have into account some exceptions in your travel to Brazil:<br />
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- the availability and prices of brazilian hotels are higher in Brazilian summer time (22nd December - 21st March), during which most south-americans have their holidays.<br />
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- in Rio de Janeiro and Salvador da Bahia hotels are scarce and more expensive in the Carnival period.<br />
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Searching <b>Brazilian hotels</b>:<br />
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Someone recently emailed me asking for travel requirements. Here is my response.</div>
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You need a passport and visa (<a href="http://www.passportsandvisas.com/index.asp?affiliate=15813" target="_blank">click here to get both</a>) to travel to Brazil if you are a US citizen. You apply for your passport through the Post Office. The <a href="http://www.passportsandvisas.com/index.asp?affiliate=15813" target="_blank">visa</a> is a stamp the goes in your <a href="http://www.passportsandvisas.com/index.asp?affiliate=15813" target="_blank">passport</a>. You can get a Brazil visa at the Brazil Consulate for the state that you live in. (<a href="http://mooraboutbahia.blogspot.com/2010/10/brazil-entry-requirements.html" target="_blank">Click here to see list of countries that do not need visas, Trinidad for example</a>) You do not have to appear in person, you can send your passport and visa application in the mail and the Brazil Consulate will mail it back to you.<br />
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I will put more detailed instructions on visa & <br />
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Other items that you should bring are:<br />
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<u style="color: red;"><b>-Debit Card.</b></u> <b>NOT REQUIRED!</b> You can bring cash and exchange it here for the local currency. The exchange stores here give you a pretty good rate (the are called "cambios").This city has many exchange stores that can help you but it is easier to just swipe your debit card at the ATM machines here in Brazil. HSBC and Citibank are here and you can use your debit card at any ATM and store that accepts MasterCard/Visa.<br />
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-<u style="color: red;"><b>Make a photocopy of your passport info and visa stamp page. </b> </u>This way you don't have to walk around with your passport on you.<br />
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-Bring a light jacket (in case of rain) but pretty much it is sunny and humid here. Right now (February 2011) is summertime, it lasts from <b>22nd December - 21st March</b>, so you won't need heavy clothes.<br />
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-Other clothing I would advise are shorts, tank tops, slippers/flip flops and bathing suit.<br />
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-Other than that just bring yourself and a positive outlook and I guarantee you'll have the greatest time of your life. Brazilians are very friendly, easy-going people who love to enjoy the simple things in life. The attitude here is very cool and mellow. It's a great place to unwind and relax.<br />
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Passport: To get your passport you fill out an application that can be picked up from the Post Office. You also have to get two 2x2 photos, copy of your id card, and your birth certificate. <a href="http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/first/first_830.html" target="_blank">Here is the gov't link with all that info</a>. The fee is $165, only payable by US Postal Money Order.<br />
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(I highly advice getting your passport expedited because it is taking 2 to 4 weeks to process passports. I will put a link at the bottom where you can get your passport expedited in 7-10 days for $79. Highly Recommended because you need your passport back in time to get your visa stamped in it.)<br />
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Visa: If you are a US citizen you need a visa stamp in your passport to enter Brazil. <a href="http://mooraboutbahia.blogspot.com/2010/10/list-of-brazilian-consulates-in-us.html" target="_blank">You can apply by clicking this link to see what Brazil Consulate jurisdiction you are in.</a> Contact the Consulate that handles your state by email or clicking their website. The fee is $140, payable only by US Postal Money Order. VISAS GENERALLY TAKE 3-4 DAYS TO PROCESS SO YOU SHOULD NOT NEED TO EXPEDITE YOUR VISA AS LONG AS YOU GET YOUR PASSPORT SOON.</div>
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Here is some footage of the Procession for Yemaya recorded February 2nd, 2011 in Salvador, Bahia - Brasil.<br />
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Truly Magical Event. Pretty cool to witness.<br />
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If you are interested in visiting Bahia, Brazil to witness events like this live go here: <a href="http://www.bahiabraziltours.com/">www.bahiabraziltours.com</a><br />
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<b>Yemaya</b> is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha" title="Orisha">orisha</a>, originally of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_religion" title="Yoruba religion">Yoruba religion</a>, who has become prominent in many <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-American_religion" title="Afro-American religion">Afro-American religions</a>. <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African" title="African">Africans</a> from what is now called <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorubaland" title="Yorubaland">Yorubaland</a> brought Yemaya and a host of other deities/energy forces in nature with them when they were brought to the shores of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas" title="Americas">Americas</a> as captives. She is the ocean, the essence of motherhood, and a protector of children.<br />
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Because the Afro-American religions were transmitted as part of a long oral tradition, there are many regional variations on the goddess's name. She is represented with Our lady of Regla and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Maris" title="Stella Maris">Stella Maris</a>.<br />
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<li>Africa: <b>Yemoja</b>, Ymoja<b>,</b> Yemowo</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>: <b>Yemanjá</b>, <b>Iemanjá</b>, <b>Janaína</b></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>: Yemaya, Yemayah, Iemanya</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a>: La Sirène, LaSiren (in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou" title="Haitian Vodou">Vodou</a>)</li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA" title="USA">USA</a>: Yemalla, Yemana, Yemoja</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a>: Iemanjá</li>
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In some places, Yemaja is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretism" title="Syncretism">syncretized</a> with other deities:<br />
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mami_Wata" title="Mami Wata">Mami Wata</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid" title="Mermaid">Mermaid</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess_of_the_Sea" title="Goddess of the Sea">Goddess of the Sea</a></li>
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Note: Yemeya is the mother of all mothers of Saint Lasado, she also is the spirit of water, and her favorite number is 7.<br />
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The goddess is known as <b>Yemanjá</b>, <b>Iemanjá</b> or <b>Janaína</b> in Brazilian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9" title="Candomblé">Candomblé</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemaja#cite_note-2">[3]</a></sup> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbanda" title="Umbanda">Umbanda</a> religions.<br />
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The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbanda" title="Umbanda">Umbanda</a> religion worships Iemanjá as one of the seven <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha" title="Orisha">orixás</a> of the African Pantheon. She is the <i>Queen of the Ocean</i>, the patron deity of the fishermen and the survivors of shipwrecks, the feminine principle of creation and the spirit of moonlight. A syncretism happens between the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism" title="Catholicism">catholic</a> Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes (Our Lady of the Seafaring) and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orisha" title="Orisha">orixá</a> <i>Iemanjá</i> of the African Mithology. Sometimes, a feast can honor both.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemaja#cite_note-3">[4]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemaja#cite_note-4">[5]</a></sup><br />
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In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador,_Bahia" title="Salvador, Bahia">Salvador, Bahia</a>, Iemanjá is celebrated by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candombl%C3%A9" title="Candomblé">Candomblé</a> on the very same day consecrated by the Catholic Church to Our Lady of Seafaring (Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemaja#cite_note-5">[6]</a></sup> Every February 2nd, thousands of people line up at dawn to leave their offerings at her shrine in Rio Vermelho.<br />
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Gifts for Iemanjá usually include flowers and objects of female vanity (perfume, jewelry, combs, lipsticks, mirrors). These are gathered in large baskets and taken out to the sea by local fishermen. Afterwards a massive street party ensues.<br />
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Brazil loves and appreciates its amazing variety of tropical fruits. They love it so much that they name many of the beautiful women of brazil here after them, lol! Check this out and you will see why Brazil girls are named after the tropical fruits.</div>
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This list isn’t extensive…if I tried to name everything the list would go on for days. Seriously there is more variety found here than anywhere else on the planet. Some enterprising people have picked up on this and started marketing some of the wonder fruits found here to the world, kinda like Tahitian Noni.</div>
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People here in Bahia use natural remedies as often as possible versus prescription drugs. Perhaps I could do a list on herbs and leaves found here and their healing properties. I will have to research that one as the list will be extensive! Anyone interested in that info please send a paypal donation to me at <a href="mailto:admin@mooraboutbahia.com">admin@mooraboutbahia.com</a>.</div>
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Brazilian pineapples are the best I’ve ever had. They are so sweet and juicy its ridiculous! They are sweet even when green but even better ripe (bright orangish-yellow in color). Beware though, do not eat the fruit near the stalk or bottom. Doing so will lead to severe vomiting, and diarrhea and an overall painful feeling that will leave you wanting to die! I am not joking! Believe me we found this out the hard way.<br />
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Abacate (Avocado)<br />
Brazilian avocados are plentiful. There are so many different species to choose from. I hate the way it is eaten here though. It is a fruit and the people here prefer to eat it sweet (imagine that). A lot of Brazilians mix avocado with milk and sugar, yuck! My wife is Caribbean American (Puerto Rican/Haitian) so we definitely are not used to eating avocados that way. We prefer to wait until the fruit is soft, scoop it out of the shell and eat it on the side of our meal, in a salad, or spread in a loaf of French bread. (If you are in Miami, check out Christoph’s Bakery in Little Haiti. He has the beast bread on the planet!)</div>
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Acerola are like small cherries. The sweet, gentle taste is something normally only found in Brazilian fruits. Very refreshing, although my spies tell me that they also were imported from Japan.</div>
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Here is another legendary fruit from Brazil. Most people here eat the juice of this purple berry. It is often served in a bowl filled with granola, banana and honey.<br />
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Brazilian plums. No biggie. Just like plums everywhere else I guess. </div>
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Amora</div>
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Dark purple colored berry. </div>
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Banana</div>
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Banana are nature’s perfect food. Bananas are native to Brazil and found everywhere…we have a tree growing right next to our house. As with all the other fruits here there are many different varieties. You can even find bananas with purplish-red peels. We usually makes shakes with bananas and acai (Brazilian wonder fruit). I don’t understand all the fuss about acai though, bananas are just as great.</div>
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This is where the cashew nuts come from believe it or not. There are thousands, maybe millions of types of cashew fruit, and they come on impressively large trees. This Brazilian fruit looks like a squishy apple with an odd-looking stem growing out of it. According to botanists, though, the grayish "stem" is actually the fruit, and it encloses the kidney-shaped cashew nut that we're familiar with. The cashew apple is the yellowish-orange part that's attached to the fruit. Another fruit that is better juiced!</div>
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Caqui</div>
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The caqui is the fruit that looks like a ripe tomato that had a very thick stork attached to it. They’re very sweet, soft and delicious but my spies tell me they were imported from Japan and are not native to Brazil so it has to lose marks. We bought some thinking they were tomatoes.</div>
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Cabeludinha</div>
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Little hairy yellow-orange fruit which grows in many places around Brazil.</div>
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Cacao</div>
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It makes chocolate. Many people consider eating chocolate a <q>guilty pleasure</q>. But chocolate is made from cacao (cocoa) beans, which in their natural, unprocessed, unadulterated state are rich in nutrients and are beneficial to health. It's also found all over Brazil. Recent discoveries have led to cacao being classified as one of nature's superfoods, with innumerable benefits.<br />
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Carambola</div>
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The yellow-green starfruit looks impressive. Great eaten straight off of the tree.</div>
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Coco (Coconut)</div>
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Coconut here is incredible. Fully mature ones are often used in local dishes here in Bahia, Brazil. Green coconut water is amazingly refreshing. I even read somewhere that the coco water can replace plasma in the bloodstream. Coconut oil is the most healing oil you can consume, and the healthiest choice for cooking with.</div>
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Cupuaçu<br />
Looks like a huge raw potato hanging from a tree. The taste is somewhat bitter. Everyone here juices it though. The juice is milky white in color and pretty good.<br />
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Figo (Fig)</div>
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I’ve never eaten a Brazilian fig. The trees are found all over the country though. </div>
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Fruta-do-Conde/Nona</div>
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Kind of like a small graviola. Read up on graviola below…</div>
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Goiaba (Guava)</div>
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A large amount of the Hispanic population in the United States (which has the 2nd largest Hispanic population in the world) eat guava paste but have never actually eaten the raw fruit. Its sweet and good eaten off the tree and as suco (juice).</div>
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There are many different varieties <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=consbookcafe-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B003BWY3B6&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>of this tropical fruit found in Brazil. For the most part, they are green and spiny on the outside. The inside is soft, white, with seeds in the center. I think it tastes good, but my wife doesn’t care for it at all. Its good off the tree and juiced. I have even heard that it cures cancer, lol. Seriously though, check this website: <a href="http://www.graviolaleaves.com/">http://www.graviolaleaves.com/</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Graviola-Pure-Extract-100-Alternative/dp/B002MQCLFM?ie=UTF8&tag=consbookcafe-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Graviola</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=consbookcafe-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002MQCLFM" height="1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> has really caught on lately as one of Nature's wonders.</div>
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Grumixama</div>
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A black fruit the size of a cherry that grows in bunches on the trunks of trees, shining impressively in the sun. </div>
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Huge and unique looking fruit. It is so big and heavy that it grows on the trunk instead of the branches of the tree. The fruit on the inside is even more interesting to look at. To me it looks like something from outerspace. The taste is sweet, I like it and so do my kids but my wife doesn’t care for jaca at all. Its sticky too, leaves a glue-like film on everything that it touches.</div>
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A dark purple fruit shaped like a small pear that hangs from trees. Leaves purple stains on everything it touches. It has a sour taste.</div>
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This is a fruit enjoyed by the indigenous people of Bahia. Like a small bees’ nest with yellow fruit inside that is so sour it stings worse than bees. I think this is way better when juiced. It tastes kind of like apple sauce.</div>
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Laranja (Orange)</div>
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Brazilians love freshly squeezed orange juice, just like everywhere else. I think Florida oranges taste way better.</div>
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Limao (Lemon)</div>
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Lemons, what more can I say. Everyone knows what these are and what they taste like. Sour.</div>
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Longans are very similar to lychees and rambutans. Peel and eat but avoid the large seed inside.<br />
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Macã (Apple)<br />
Brazil apples are alright. I’ve had better but the apples I was eating in the United States where genetically enhanced, lol.<br />
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Manga (Mango)</div>
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Brazilian mangos are fresh, juicy and melt in your mouth (<b>kinda like the women of brazil</b>, lol). They are some of the best in the world.</div>
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Maracuja looks like something from another planet on the inside. Seriously. It is sweet enough to eat straight off of the tree although we juice ours. I don’t know about the afrodisiatic effect of passionfruit, we don’t need any help in that department (we have four kids, lol). One thing it does do is put the kids to sleep, so it gets two thumbs up in my book!!!</div>
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Mamão (Papaya)<br />
You have to get used to papaya. The flavor is kind of weird but everyone swears it is so good for you. Brazilian papayas are plentiful, have thousands of varieties and are available most of the year.<br />
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These are about the size of a large sweet potato. The flesh is salmon-colored, with a sweet, berry-like flavor. They're great for eating out of hand, or for making fruit salads or smoothies.<br />
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Brazilian melon is great. As usual it is found in many different varieties. We usually find yellow melons here in Bahia. Overall its very light and refreshing. Great to eat on a hot summer day.<br />
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Morango (Strawberries)</div>
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Strawberries will always get good marks from me.</div>
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Pitanga</div>
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Looks like a mini pepper. Never tasted it.</div>
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Pupunha<br />
Pupunha grows on the trunks of palm trees in small orangey-red bunches which are very pretty to look at. </div>
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Rambutan (Noone here seems to know what these are called, lol)</div>
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I had to look online for this name. My spies here in Brazil could not figure out what it is called, even though it is sold on the street. Noone seems to know the name. It is spiny and red on the outer shell with a soft white pulp that tastes like grapes. The seed in the center is pretty big too. </div>
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Tangerina (Tangerines)<br />
Tangerines here taste great. I like them a lot better than the local oranges.<br />
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Overall pretty good grapes. I’ve had better. <br />
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Gorgeous beaches, tropical forest, waterfalls, good waves for surfing, capoeira, adventure sports... Come to Itacaré!<br />
Itacaré is a small town in the cocoa zone of the state of Bahia, south of Salvador, with beautiful beaches, good vibes and generous nature. <img align="left" alt="© itacare.com" border="0" class="imgleft" src="http://www.itacare.com/itacare/fotos/igreja_nigia.jpg" height="172" width="250" /> The ambiance in Itacaré is unique. Surf culture is present everywhere. The Bahians are friendly and like to party. At night there’s an air of magic in the little bars in town.<br />
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With many people from all over the world who came to live in Itacaré, the atmosphere is cosmopolite, relaxed, typically Bahian and definitely different from any other place in Brazil. <br />
The coast of Itacaré is a succession of beaches and hills covered with palms and tropical forest. The region is a perfect setting for Adventure Sports like white-water rafting, canyoning, biking, kayaking, paragliding...<br />
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Besides more than 20 <a href="http://www.itacare.com/itacare/praias/guia.php?lang=english">beaches</a>, Itacaré has rivers, waterfalls and a great Atlantic Rainforest reserve. The harmony of forests with waterfalls and beaches is one of the most exotic and beautiful ever seen in Brazil. <br />
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The region in the south of Bahia, more specifically the band contained the Jequitinhonha and Contas Rivers, preserve the most significant parcel of Atlantic Rainforest in the northeast of Brazil. The forests of this region are characterized by tall trees with leaves that always remain green and the abundance of epiphytes. There you'll find species threatened with extinction like the yellow-breasted twig monkey and the ring-necked sloth.<br />
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The Atlantic Rainforest is considered by the worldwide scientific community one of the richest combined ecosystems in diversity of animals and plants species in the world and the second most threatened with extinction. Because of this fact, in 1991 UNESCO elevated the Atlantic Rainforest to the category of Biosphere Reserve, being today one of the three mayor conservation priorities in the world.<br />
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The principal conservations areas of the region are APA of Itacaré/Serra Grande and Serra do Conduru State Park.<br />
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The <b>Area of Environmental Protection</b> – <a href="http://www.itacare.com/itacare/portal.php?content=apa&lang=english&theme=mata">APA of Itacaré/Serra Grande</a> – is considered as a "Heritage of Humanity". Its limits are marked in the north by the mouth of the Contas River, in the south by Sargi Creek and in the east by the Atlantic Ocean; with an area of approximately 16,000 hectares (40,000 acres) of rich fauna and flora.<br />
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The <b>Serra do Conduru State Park</b> has an area of approximately 9,000 hectares (22,000 acres). It covers important sections of Atlantic Rainforest which are still preserved. A survey performed there by botanists from the New York Botanical Gardens identified 456 different vegetal species in a single hectare (2.47 acres), a world record.<br />
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<b>WALKING THROUGH FORESTS AND AMONG RIVERS</b><br />
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Nature is the main tourist attraction of Itacaré. <br />
<a name='more'></a>There is no shortage of attraction for those who enjoy listening to birds, to be in contact with great trees and to dive into the waters of rivers and natural pools.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.itacare.com/itacare/portal.php?content=rio&lang=english&theme=mata">Contas River</a> enchants whoever ventures in canoe or boat. At sunset the waters reflect the colors that contrast with the living green of the forest, reminiscent of a classic oil painting. The canoe trips passing through mangroves, arriving at waterfalls are unforgettable.<br />
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Itacaré is an explosion of colors, sounds, smells, flavors and textures that elate our senses. There are only a few places in the world where nature has been so generous, offering such a diverse group of attractions concentrated in a single place.<br />
<img align="left" class="imgleft" src="http://www.itacare.com/itacare/fotos/barderua.jpg" height="171" width="300" />The town's welcome appears to be one of an atmosphere of permanent festivities, and it's not a false impression. Visitors that arrive now, from all over the world, are eager to partake in a little of all they can see and feel here. By the way it looks, the origins and different characteristics of the many "tribes" that end up meeting in Itacaré don't seem compatible, but at <a href="http://www.itacare.com/itacare/cidade/night.php?lang=english">night</a>, fans of very diverse musical backgrounds all end up colliding. Between a <i>forró</i> - a bit earlier - a <i>hip-hop</i> dance - later in the night - everyone seems to mix and enjoy a good time alternating between a <i>capeta</i> (alcoholic drink with herbal energizers), a beer and a new dance step.<br />
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<img align="right" class="imgright" src="http://www.itacare.com/itacare/fotos/barcocoroinha.jpg" height="168" width="155" />Today the town is made up of several neighborhoods: Pituba, Concha, Centro, Passagem, Porto de Trás... Each of them brings together people, history and traditions that are a sight apart for those who can relish in lazy conversation at the end of a pleasant afternoon that seems to slow the hands of time.<br />
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The municipality occupies an area of 730 km² (457 sq. miles) with about 25,000 residents and, approximately 50% of the population in the rural interior. During much of the time, its <a href="http://www.itacare.com/itacare/portal.php?content=historia&lang=english&theme=vila">history</a> and livelihood was intimately connected to cocoa. With the declining cocoa culture, the town is now turning toward tourism.<br />
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<img align="left" class="imgleft" src="http://www.itacare.com/itacare/fotos/capoeira_tiririca.jpg" height="199" width="300" />In 1998 the state government completed highway BA-001, connecting Ilhéus and Itacaré.<br />
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For that reason, Itacaré has focused on the future of <a href="http://www.itacare.com/itacare/portal.php?lang=english&theme=aventura">Eco Adventure</a>. <a href="http://www.itacare.com/itacare/surf/index.php?lang=english">Surfing</a> was the first great attraction and it was them, the surfers, the first tourists to discover some of the most beautiful <a href="http://www.itacare.com/itacare/praias/guia.php?lang=english">beaches</a> in the country, hidden by difficulty of access.<br />
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With the natural beauty that existed here and easy access, success was inevitable. <br />
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Each year more and more visitors arrive in one of the most improbable places in the world to see up close what it is this little piece of Bahia has that is so special.<br />
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<b><span style="color: white;">CULTURE AND FOLKLORE</span></b> Itacaré keeps alive the cultural traditions of Bahia. A variety of folklore festivals regularly liven up the city streets. They are not spectacles for tourists. The festivals are organized by the people of Itacaré for the people of Itacaré.<br />
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The cultural roots and folklore in Bahia, in general, are intimately linked to black culture brought to this country by (African) slaves. In this sense, we have two great contributions of African origin: Capoeira and Candomblé.<br />
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<b>CAPOEIRA (AFRO-BRAZILIAN MARTIAL ARTS)</b><br />
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Simultaneously martial arts and dance, <a href="http://www.itacare.com/itacare/portal.php?content=capoeira&lang=english&theme=vila">capoeira</a> is a pure expression of Afro-Brazilian culture. There are three capoeira groups in Itacaré: Luanda, Filhos de Zumbi and Tribo do Porto. All of them practice regional capoeira and organize daily training frequented by many children and young people, open to visitors, including classes.<br />
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<img align="left" class="imgleft" src="http://www.itacare.com/itacare/fotos/mulheresdebranco.jpg" height="246" width="250" /><b>CANDOMBLÉ (AFRO-BRAZILIAN SPIRITUALISM)</b><br />
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Friday is the day of "white" in Bahia. That's right, followers, or not, of Candomblé; since it's almost a tradition to wear white on Fridays in reverence to Oxalá who, in syncretism (the blending of religions), represents Jesus Christ. Independent of race or social class, this, and other customs brought by this African religion are already incorporated in the day-to-day life of Baianos.<br />
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Candomblé is an ancient cult whose purpose is the adoration of the Orixás, considered "spirits of nature" derived from the 4 elements: earth, fire, water and air.<br />
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In earliest colonial times Candomblé rituals were practiced in the slaves' quarters or in outdoor clearings on the plantation where the African slaves and their descendents worked. The oldest <i>terreiro</i> (outdoor place where Candomblé is practiced) in Bahia is know as <i>Engenho Velho</i> (Old Ingenuity) or <i>Casa Branca</i> (White House), active for more than 450 years, in the city of Salvador.<br />
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Each Orixá has its corresponding figure in the Catholic Church, with its own characteristics, like: day of the week, colors, clothes, salutations and foods. Sunday is the day of all Orixás. Once identified, the follower prays to him (or her), asking for protection, health and peace above all:<br />
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<b>Exú </b> – Messenger between humans and Orixás. Monday. Red.<br />
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<b>Ogum </b>– Opens paths. Tuesday. Dark blue. St. Anthony.<br />
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<b>Oxumaré </b> – Link between heaven and earth. Tuesday. Green and yellow.<br />
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<b>Xangô </b> – Represented by a double-edged ax with wings. Wednesday. Red and white. St. Jerome.<br />
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<b>Iansã </b> – of wind and storm. Wednesday. Red. St. Barbara.<br />
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<b>Oxóssi </b> – Green and blue. Wednesday. <br />
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<b>Logun Edé </b> – God of forests, prefers to live in the wild, a hunter. Wednesday. Blue and green. St. Michael.<br />
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<b>Oxum </b> – Goddess of thunder and lightning, of beauty and elegance. Saturday. Yellow and gold.<br />
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<b>Obá </b> - Wednesday. White and red. St. Joan of Arc.<br />
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<b>Omolú </b> - Monday. Red and black. St. Lazarus<br />
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<b>Nanã (Nãnãn Buroko)</b> – Oldest of the dieties of water. Tuesday. White and blue. St. Anne.<br />
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<b>Loko </b> – God of the forests and streets, protector of the poor. Tuesday. White. St. Francis.<br />
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<b>Ossain </b> – Divinity of medicinal plants, doctor of Candomblé. The plants exert a predominant role in the mystique of Candomblé: the plants are used in medicinal baths and Ossain is present at all ceremonies. Monday. Red and blue. St. Benedict.<br />
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<b>Oxalá </b> – God of creation. Supreme diety represented by Our Lord of Bonfim (Christ). Friday. White is his color. Also know as Oxalufã and Oxaguian.<br />
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<b>Iemanjá </b> – also know as Janaína, Siren of the Sea, Danda Lunda, Queen of the Waters. Saturday is her day. Light pink and light blue.<br />
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<b>Ifá </b> – God of prophecy. It is he who consults the owner of the "terreiro" and says who he has chosen as a substitute saint. Thursday. White. Holiest Sacrament.<br />
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In Itacaré some popular festivals are intimately connected with Candomblé. Such is the case with the Festival of Waters which has taken place every year since 1959 on the 2nd of February - the day of Iemanjá.<br />
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The Festivals of June are folklore traditions and cultural gatherings that are very strong in Itacaré, as in all of the north and northeast of Brazil. This tradition has a more remote origin, in the countries of the northern hemisphere and referred to the start of summer and consequently, the harvests. Since pagan times, the date has been commemorated with bonfires, dance, music and a lot of food.<br />
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Not until the 6th century did Catholicism decree to join the celebration with St. John's Day and in the 13th century the Portuguese included St. Peter and St. Anthony in the festivities. In Brazil, the date has been commemorated since 1583.<br />
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In Itacaré, during the entire month of June, there is a festive atmosphere in the air. Each neighborhood organizes and constructs its "arraiá" - a small ballroom made with bamboo and covered with coconut palms - where they dance a lot of <i>forróM/i> (folk dance) and, if possible, sample of succession of delicacies like: liqueur of genipapo (berries), hominy, munguzá and so many others.</i><br />
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<i>Colorful little flags border everything, decorating the streets and mixing with traditional clothing made of fabric with loud floral prints, appropriate for the square dance - usually conducted by a master of ceremonies, originally a French dance called a “quadrille”. </i><br />
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<i>In short; treat yourself to one of the most delightful festivals of the year, and, since you'll be in Itacaré; don´t miss your chance to participate.</i><br />
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This is the most comprehensive list for Brazilian Consulates in the United States. For some reason the information online is spotty and incomplete. Even the other Brazil Consulates do not have all of the correct info for each other. <br />
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Brazil is gearing up for a MASSIVE increase in American tourists from all over the United States from Hawaii to Alabama and everything in between. Brazil has nearly doubled the amount of consulates located in the US in the last year!<br />
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Soon the US and Brazil will be removing the visa required to visit each other for their citizens. This means that you will be able to visit Brazil (or if you are Brazilian visit the US) without first paying for a visa stamp in your passport from the Brazil Consulate.<br />
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Okay if you live outside of the United States jurisdiction just do a Google search for your country and the words "Brazil Consulate". This is a list for all the Brazil Consulates in the US. The Consulate you are supposed to go to depends on what state or territory you live in. This list will get you pointed in the right direction.<br />
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</span></b></span> <cite style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;"> <a href="http://www.atlantaconsulatebrazil.org/" target="_blank"><b> <span style="font-size: x-small;">www.</span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="text-decoration: inherit;">atlanta</b><b>consulate</b><b style="text-decoration: inherit;">brazil</b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>.org</b></span></a></cite></td> </tr>
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<tr> <td height="36"><br /></td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" height="36"><span style="font-size: x-small;">20 Park Plaza, Suite 1420<br />
Boston, MA 02116</span></td> </tr>
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</span></b> <cite style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 700;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> <a href="http://www.consulatebrazil.org/" target="_blank"> www.consulate<span style="text-decoration: inherit;">brazil</span>.org</a></span></cite></td> </tr>
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<tr> <td height="18"><br /></td> <td height="18"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jurisdiction: Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont</span><br />
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<tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="style39"><b>Consulate General of Brazil in Chicago, IL</b></span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td><br /></td> <td><span style="font-size: x-small;">401 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1850<br />
Chicago, IL 60611</span></td> </tr>
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</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 10pt;"> <a href="http://www.brazilconsulatechicago.org/" style="font-weight: 700;"> www.brazilconsulatechicago.org</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">E-mail: </span><b> <a href="mailto:central@brazilconsulatechicago.org?subject=GERAL"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">central@brazilconsulatechicago.org</span></a></b> </td> </tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jurisdiction: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.</span></td> </tr>
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<tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="style39"><b>Consulate General of Brazil in Hartford, CT</b></span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td><br /></td> <td><span style="font-size: x-small;">One Constitution Plaza, First Floor<br />
Hartford, CT 06103<br />
Tel: <b>(860) 760-3100</b><br />
E-mail: <a href="mailto:cghartford@itamaraty.gov.br"> cghartford@itamaraty.gov.br</a> <br />
Jurisdição: Connecticut e Rhode Island </span><br />
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<tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Consulate General of Brazil in Houston, TX</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td><br /></td> <td><span style="font-size: x-small;">Park Tower North<br />
1233 West Loop South, Suite 1150<br />
Houston, TX 77027</span></td> </tr>
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</span></b> <cite style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> <a href="http://www.brazilhouston.org/" target="_blank"><b>www.</b><b style="text-decoration: inherit;">brazilhouston</b><b>.org</b></a></span></cite><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
E-mail: </span><b><a href="mailto:%20consbras@brazilhouston.org"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">consbras@brazilhouston.org</span></a></b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td><br /></td> <td><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jurisdiction: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas</span><br />
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<tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="style39"><b>Consulate General of Brazil in Los Angeles, CA</b></span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td><br /></td> <td><span style="font-size: x-small;">8484 Willshire Boulevard, Suite 711/730<br />
Beverly Hills, CA 90211</span></td> </tr>
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</span></b> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> <cite style="font-style: normal; font-weight: 700;"> <a href="http://www.brazilian-consulate.org/" target="_blank">www.<span style="text-decoration: inherit;">brazil</span>ian-consulate.org</a> <br />
</cite> <cite style="font-style: normal;"> E-mail</cite><cite style="font-style: normal;">: <b><a href="mailto:passaporte@brazilian-consulate.org"> passaporte@brazilian-consulate.org</a></b> </cite></span></td> </tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jurisdiction: Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and the following counties in California: Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura.</span></td> </tr>
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<tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Consulate General of Brazil in New York, NY</b></td> </tr>
<tr> <td><br /></td> <td><span style="font-size: x-small;">1185 Avenue of the Americas, 21st Floor<br />
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</td> <td><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fax: </span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> <b> (212) 827-0225<br />
<a href="http://www.brazilny.org/" target="_blank">www.brazilny.org</a><br />
E-mail: <a href="mailto:consulado@brazilny.org"> consulado@brazilny.org</a> </b></span></td> </tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jurisdiction: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Bermuda</span></td> </tr>
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<tr> <td><br /></td> <td><span style="font-size: x-small;">300 Montgomery Street, Suite 300<br />
San Francisco, CA 94104</span></td> </tr>
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</span></b> <cite style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.brazilsf.org/" target="_blank"> <b>www.</b><b style="text-decoration: inherit;">brazil</b><b>sf.org</b></a></span></cite><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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Honorary Consulates Info:<br />
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<b>Honorary Consulate of Brazil in Honolulu, HI</b><br />
<b>Please note this Consulate is by Appointment Only: </b><br />
3056 Kalakaua Ave #7W<br />
Honolulu, Hawaii 96815<br />
Phone: (808) 235-0571<br />
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<b>Mailing address:<br />
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c/o Eric Crispin<br />
2909 Kalakaua Ave.<br />
Honolulu, Hawaii 96815<br />
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<b>Honorary Consulate of Brazil in Virginia Beach, VA</b><br />
625 Chesopeian Trail<br />
Virginia Beach VA 23452<br />
Phone: (901) 272-6505<br />
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<b>Honorary Consulate of Brazil in Birmingham, AL</b><br />
1901 6th. Avenue, N., Suite 2900<br />
Birmingham AL 35203 <br />
United States<br />
<b>Phone:</b> (205) 214-7321<br />
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<b>Honorary Consulate of Brazil in Memphis, TN</b> (Yeah! Memphis has a Brazil Consulate!)<br />
1256 N. McLean Blvd.<br />
Memphis TN 38108<br />
Phone: (901) 272-6505<br />
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<b><b>Honorary Consulate of Brazil in New Orleans, LA<br />
</b></b>365 Canal Street, Suite 1600<br />
New Orleans LA 70130 <br />
Phone: (504) 561-6206<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Honorary Brazilian Consulate in Philadelphia, PA</b><br />5415 N. Lawrence Street<br />Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19120<br />Phone: </span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">(215) 275-6890</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">Mr Paul Thomas Johnson, Consul</span></div>
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<b><b>Honorary Consulate of Brazil in Savannah, GA<br />
</b></b>107 Prosperity Drive<br />
Savannah GA 31408<br />
Phone: (912)964-0711<br />
Fax: (
912)964-0771 <br />
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<b>Honorary Consulate of Brazil in Salt Lake City, UT</b><br />
1. 30 E. 100th. S., Suite 950<br />
2. 180 South 300 West, Suite 130<br />
Salt Lake City UT 84111<br />
Phone:(801) 363-4936<br />
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<b>Honorary Consulate of Brazil in Scottsdale, AZ</b><br />
9721 E Desert Cove Ave<br />
Scottsdale AZ 85260<br />
United States<br />
Phone: (602) 252-6056 – (480) 767-7639<br />
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<b>Honorary Consulate of Brazil in San Diego, CA</b><br />
2380 Caminito Agrado<br />
San Diego, California<br />
Phone: (619) 224-1145<br />
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<b>Honorary </b><b>Brazilian Consulate in Norfolk, VA</b><br />
500 Plume Street, E, Suite 600<br />
Norfolk, Virginia 23510<br />
Phone: (757) 627-6286<br />
Mr Thomas Parker III, Consul<br />
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<b>Honorary </b><b>Brazilian Consulate in Fort Lauderdale, the United States</b><br />
2385 N.W. Executive Center Drive, Suite 100<br />
Boca Raton, Florida 33431<br />
Phone: (561) 210-7192<br />
Mr Moujan Vahdat, Consul<br />
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<b>Honorary </b><b>Brazilian Consulate in Seattle, WA</b><br />
4559 Stanford Avenue, NE<br />
Seattle, Washington 98199<br />
Phone: (425) 235-0724<br />
E-mail: <a href="mailto:pedro@ciadainformacao.com.br">pedro@ciadainformacao.com.br</a><br />
Mr Pedro Augusto Leite Costa, Consul<br />
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<b>Honorary </b><b>Brazilian Consulate in Las Vegas, NV</b><br />
7967 Avalon Island Street<br />
Las Vegas, Nevada 89139<br />
Phone: (702) 463-3243<br />
Telefax: (702) 685-3280<br />
E-mail: <a href="mailto:consuladobrnevada@hotmail.com">consuladobrnevada@hotmail.com</a><br />
Website: <a href="http://www.brazilian-consulate.org/">www.brazilian-consulate.org</a><br />
Mr Luis Antonio de Souza e Silva, ConsulSharif Ali ☪ ✡http://www.blogger.com/profile/01199057717382015986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760590642459760272.post-54852391436259375482015-07-16T18:11:00.000-04:002017-12-27T13:16:16.731-05:00Orishá Statues at Dique Do Tororo | Orixás Candomble in Bahia Brasil<br />
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The orishá live in Bahia, Brasil. They are alive and well. This is
especially evident in Salvador, the state capital of Bahia. Depictions of the orishá
(orixás <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">alt. spelling</i>), are found in
the various ruas (streets) and plazas of Salvador, Bahia, Brasil. They are literally
visible throughout the city. The Orishá
are the deities of the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomble.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxNQ7IDEaGja20wi2dtHh06fM3yJ6ItakEPWkc6sX3zwKx7l_YSyaveIxeQJcnNJt0o-3flDS6WQl6h991WlLw4zA-Eu9_mCA34-_YJfyKkYe7hKW-eNAQs4hBuRffFzOwRuuErNnl2KE/s1600/DSC03057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Orishá Statues at Dique Do Tororo | Orixás Candomble in Bahia Brasil" border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxNQ7IDEaGja20wi2dtHh06fM3yJ6ItakEPWkc6sX3zwKx7l_YSyaveIxeQJcnNJt0o-3flDS6WQl6h991WlLw4zA-Eu9_mCA34-_YJfyKkYe7hKW-eNAQs4hBuRffFzOwRuuErNnl2KE/s640/DSC03057.jpg" title="Orisha statues at Dique do Tororo" width="640" /></a></div>
One example is the painted mermaid statue in the neighborhood of Rio
Vermelho associated with Yemanja, mother goddess figure, which overlooks the
sea. Another example is the statue of Exu, the orishá who manages all types of
communication and guardian of the crossroads, which is located, fittingly, in
front of Salvador’s central correiro (post office).<br />
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One of the most impressive
depictions of the orishá, however, is located on a big lake and recreation park
in the middle of the city called Dique do Tororo, which contains a group of orishá
statues dancing in a circle on the surface of the water. Dique do Tororo looks
just as impressive as it sounds.<br />
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Throughout this article you will see photos taken by my wife while visiting
Dique do Tororo with a friend. She took a boat tour that is available daily for
only $20 reais. We definitely recommend the boat tour for anyone visiting
Bahia, Brasil. Be sure to check out our <a href="http://www.bahiabraziltours.com/"><span style="color: windowtext;">Bahia
Tour</span></a> site to schedule any tours in Bahia.<br />
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First let’s talk a little about "The Most African City of Brazil",
Salvador, Bahia.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3XF8RqkhhKg8sl5E3cVsyf6oRnjolVoWqD_I9rCSG87U32u9VSLsiPMa5Oq2p0dC9Pt71cm1A1ntlWirolVJyEmNifSkqNI6YIbrP5GXg6HKdFI4Xe5f_4iPv-b27OIouKI6ismtLpqWa/s1600/DSC03046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="orishá candomble pantheon at dique do tororo" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3XF8RqkhhKg8sl5E3cVsyf6oRnjolVoWqD_I9rCSG87U32u9VSLsiPMa5Oq2p0dC9Pt71cm1A1ntlWirolVJyEmNifSkqNI6YIbrP5GXg6HKdFI4Xe5f_4iPv-b27OIouKI6ismtLpqWa/s320/DSC03046.jpg" title="orishá statue candomble god" width="180" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlGXMnUoWRXuu9d-vdTVGip1NE9UH0EDMCPhXK9WiHx8DEMdf0bW5F2DOBXfyU8RlFZmAbh6COdhc93iR-CkLpbTyP5_6VbW7GKb52lOBrLfMBfZm_Hg3NsmFcVx7iZjyvyM0-aPYrfPY/s1600/DSC03043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="orixás candomble located at dique do tororo in salvador bahia brasil" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlGXMnUoWRXuu9d-vdTVGip1NE9UH0EDMCPhXK9WiHx8DEMdf0bW5F2DOBXfyU8RlFZmAbh6COdhc93iR-CkLpbTyP5_6VbW7GKb52lOBrLfMBfZm_Hg3NsmFcVx7iZjyvyM0-aPYrfPY/s320/DSC03043.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="dique do tororo in salvador bahia brasil" width="180" /></a>The African presence is clear and unmistakable in Salvador, where a large
portion of the population is of Afro-Brazilian descent. Bahian cuisine, centered
around ingredients like palm oil, okra, and black-eyed peas, fit right in with
West African culture. The dominant popular music has African rhythms as well. Candomble
is often held up as a representation of the synchronization of Africa in Bahia
because of its strong influences from West African traditions.<br />
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In 2001 there was a State Board of Culture and Tourism sponsored billboard
campaign that referred to Salvador as "Black City: The Most African City
of Brazil". This campaign addresses the reality that Bahia, Brasil’s distinctive
"African" identity does a great job at selling Bahia to tourists from
other parts of Brazil and out of the country. Another principal method to attract
national and international tourists to Bahia was the merging of a universalized
form of Candomble into the rotation of festivals endorsed by the state and
local governments.<br />
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This helped to provide Candomble with prominence and perceived authenticity in
mainstream society (Crowley 1984, Crowley and Ross 1981, Dantas 1988, Graden
2006, Lopes 2004:856, Pinho 2006, Santos 1998, 2000, Selka 2005, 2007, Shukla
1998, Van der Port 2005, 2007). It
should be mentioned that the acceptance of Candomble, the Afro-Brazilian
martial art Capoeira, and other cultural traditions classified by mainstream culture
as "African" is fairly recent in the history of Bahia.<br />
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African-Brazilian identity. Several
Baianos describe their city as more "exotic" and "African"
than the cosmopolitan areas to the south, in particular the metropolises of Rio
de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Sacred
lake of the Orishá</span></b></span></h3>
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For followers of Candomble Dique do
Tororo (Dike of Tororo) is one of the residences of Oxum (Oshun), orishá of fresh
water, lakes, and fountains. In one
tradition, during the month of December several female practitioners of
Candomble visit the holy lake at Dique do Tororo to deposit baskets of gifts
and flowers in honor of the Orishá (Orixás). Practiotioners of Candomble who are the
children of the Orishá Ogum visit Dique do Tororo on Tuesdays to make their
prayers and offerings. To pay homage to this sacred site the city commissioned
the plastic sculptor Tati Moreno to create sculptures of the major deities of
Candomble.<br />
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Eight of the Orishá statues at Dique
do Tororo are inside of water in a circle.
They are as follows: Oxala (the father of all deities), Iemanjá (goddess
the sea and mother of deities), Oxum (goddess of rivers, lakes and fountains), Ogum
(god of iron and war), Oxóssi (god of forests and hunting), Shango (god of
thunder and lightning), Nana (the oldest of the deities) and Iansã (the goddess
of war and storms). The Orishá (Orixás) Candomble statues are in a wheel
position similar to the one of the Filhos-de-santo (sons of the saint) in
terraces (houses) of Candomble. At the center of the wheel is a water fountain
with a blast of 40 meters in height.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Orixás Candomble History in Bahia Brasil</span></b></h4>
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Only a century ago, the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomble was a veiled secret
in Bahia, Brasil and its capital city, Salvador. How time has changed things. Nowadays, the secret religion shrouded in
mystery is accepted as a relevant part of local history, cultural pride, and
now it has its own monument and park (Dique do Tororo). Eight giant statues of orixás, the deities of
Candomble, were dedicated in the Dique do Tororo, a lake in the center of
downtown Salvador.<br />
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The Orishá statues, by the
sculptor Tatti Moreno, weigh 2 tons each and are more than 22 feet tall. The Orishá sculptures are constructed of
fiberglass over iron frameworks. In the
evening the Orishá statues are
illuminated and look as if they are hovering above the water in a circle
dancing around a lighted fountain. These monuments were made to honor Brazil's
African heritage, which is strongest felt in the state of Bahia.<br />
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Caribbean and Voodoo in Haiti. Candomble
is a New World tradition and rebirth of the Yoruba religion that arrived in the
Americas with African slaves. Brazil was
the main importer of slaves in the Americas when Salvador, with its superior
natural port, was Brazil's capital and foremost trading center under the Portuguese
empire. The descendants of those African slaves make Bahia the state with
Brazil's greatest percentage of Afro-Brazilians.<br />
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The orixás do Candomblé (orishás of Candomble) are worshiped as mighty, impulsive
beings, all with their own aspects. The Orishá are linked with specific colors,
specific occupations, several natural phenomena, and certain days of the week. In
the course of Candomble ceremonies, drumming and incantation help transport
devotees into a trance where they are possessed by the spirit of an Orishá. These
same rhythms and traditional drumming have trickled into Brazilian popular
music.<br />
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survived, by continuing to worship the African deities in the guise of
Christian saints in a similar manner to the way Santeria and Voodoo were
carried on throughout the Caribbean. An
example is the veneration of the Virgin Mary, for instance, who is equated with
Iemanja (Yemaya), the goddess of the sea, who also wears white. Another example is the aged Omolu who is
matched to Lazarus.<br />
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In the early 20<sup>th</sup> century, the Candomble ceremonies were still
subjected to police raids. It was not until
1976 that Candomble practitioners were able to carry on without 1<sup>st</sup>
obtaining permits from the police vice squad. In Salvador a city that has
churches all over the place, it is estimated to have at least double the amount
of Candomble houses as it does churches. Brasil is 90 percent Roman Catholic.
In Bahia, Brasil many of the faithful attend both Catholic Mass and Candomble
ceremonies.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Orishá Statues at Dique Do Tororo</b></span></h4>
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A long time ago Candomble followers chose the lake at Dique do Tororo as a
sacred site for Oxum (Oshun), the goddess who rules lakes. On a worldly level,
the lake has lately been salvaged by the city from years of pollution and negligence.
The orishá statues are part of a rehabilitation that includes landscaping and
playgrounds around the lake's perimeter.<br />
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From the shore, the orishás (orixás) appear to be females wearing long
dresses. They are actually male and female deities wearing African robes. It's
well worth taking a short boat trip or bringing along binoculars for a closer
look.<br />
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The Orishá Statues at Dique Do Tororo have intricately designed robes and
crowns decorated in their traditional colors. Each Orishá carries the symbols
of their godhood. For example Ogum (Ogun), the patron of people who work with
their hands, carries a saw, hammer, and drill while Xango (Shango), the deity
of fire, thunder, and drums, holds a two-bladed axe. The orishás (orixás) faces
are black, brown and tan, and their features are African, Indian and European, reflecting
the mixture of worshipers that the sculptor, Mr. Moreno sees at Candomble
services.<br />
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As a mixture of public and religious art, the Orishá statues at Dique do
Tororo involved a certain amount of diplomacy. A Protestant evangelical church,
which had planned to purchase a building on the lake shore, protested the possibility
of having African deities on its doorstep. Ultimately, the Orishas (orixás)won
out as the church agreed to move to another location.<br />
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Eight orishás command the lake at Dique do Tororo. This is an incredible
site to behold, a monument to African gods in Bahia, Brasil. Four remaining
deities in the pantheon, whose attributes inhibit them from living on the
water, have been created to stand in other sites around Salvador.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif";">Major
Orishás</span></b></span></h4>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Exu/Elegba (Eshu) <br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The divine messenger. Also known as
the trickster. Dominion: Rules the beneficial and detrimental forces of the
universe.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Oxala<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Father of the orishás. The great orishá.
Dominion: Procreation, creative force of nature, death, peace. Colors: White,
marble, gold. Symbols: Shepherd's staff, shells, gold, lead Dance: Unclear. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Iemanja (Yemanja) <br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mother of the Fish. Dominion: Water,
mothers, wives, families. Colors: Light milky blue, light pink, white. Symbols:
Silver cutlass, star, a round silver fan with an etched figure of a mermaid.
Dance: Soft movements of the hands, as if parting the waters. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Ogun<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">God of War, god of demands.
Dominion: War, vengeance, sculpture. defender of law, agriculture and surgery.
Colors: Dark blue, red and white. Symbols: Crossed swords, scalpel, sickle,
breadfruit tree. Dance: Stabbing the air with a sword. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Oxum (Oshun)<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Named for an African river.
Dominion: femininity, charity, the womb, middle depths of the sea. Colors:
Gold, yellow, blue. Symbols: Mirror, dagger. Dance: Like a woman taking a bath
in the river, Or sensually combing her hair. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Xango (Shango)<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">God of Lightening and Justice.
Dominion: Law, justice, tempests, knowledge. Colors: Red, brown, white and
purple. Symbols: Double-bladed ax, thunder and lightening bolts, javelin.
Dance: Clenched fists boxing each other. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Iansa (Oya) <br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The thunder mother, goddess of the
storm and vengeance. Wife of Shango. Dominion: Wind, tempests, vengeance and
spirits of the dead. Colors: Coral, yellow, red, brown and white. Symbols: A
horse tail whip, cutlass, copper chalice and thunder bolts. Dance: one hand on
the waist, the other trembling in the wind. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Nana</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Mother of the Orishás. Dominion: The portal of death, the deep sea, ruins and
deep wells. Colors: White, dark blue, purple. Symbols: Broom, cowrie shells and
ribbons. Dance: Curved over a cane and moving like an old woman. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Omulu<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">octor of the Poor. Dominion:
illness, cemeteries, sickbeds. Colors: Scarlet, yellow, black, gray. Symbols: A
miniature iron lance, two thick wooden clubs. Dance: Curved over a cane like an
old man. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Oxossi (Ochossi)<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">God of the Forest and the Hunt.
Dominion: Hunting, forest, cultivation, the law of Christ. Colors: Green and
yellow, green and white, light blue. Symbols: Wooden bow and arrow, miniature
rifle, fig tree, leather hat or crown with feathers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , "univers" , "zurich bt";">Heather
Shirey's article, <b>"Transforming the Orixás. Candomblé in Sacred and
Secular Spaces in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil</b>," was published in the
winter 2009 issue of African Arts (volume 42.4, 62-79). For
information, go to </span><a href="http://www.mitpressjournals.org/toc/afar/42/4"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , "univers" , "zurich bt";">http://www.mitpressjournals.org/toc/afar/42/4</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , "univers" , "zurich bt";">.</span></div>
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information in general. Here’s what to
do if you get paid in a foreign currency and you live or travel in Brazil.<br />
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How to Cash an International Check the Hard Way</h3>
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As for me, I learned the hard way but I use my blog here to
share my experience with all you great readers out there so that you don’t have
to make the same mistakes I did. I didn’t
think cashing an international check would be a big deal since I have more than
one Brazilian bank account. I even have
a corporate account with the central bank here (Banco do Brasil) so I figured
this would be an easy thing to do.</div>
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I make money online and one of my payment methods is through
<a href="http://sharifali7.reseller.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_blank">ClickBank</a> (yes ClickBank really pays out!). With a US bank account you
can just get direct deposit, no worries.
However if you receive physical checks in the mail in Brazil, like I did
then cashing the check becomes a little more tricky. I first attempted to cash the international
check at one of my personal Brazilian bank accounts with Banco Itau. That did not work. I couldn’t even deposit the check! Noone seemed to have any idea what to
do. One of the employees had a senior
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I was told to try the mesa do cambio (foreign exchange desk)
at the main bank for Itau in the commercial district. I went all the way to the other side of town
to no avail. They were not able to cash
my international check or deposit it into my checking account. I left feeling disappointed but not before getting
the runaround from bank employees. They
told me that Banco do Brasil down the street would be able to do it com certeza
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I then went to Banco do Brasil thinking they could handle
the transaction but was told by an employee that I would need to go to the branch
located on the other side of town (closer to my house). Before I went to the other bank location I
tried at least 8 different foreign exchange shops. None of them could cash my check.</div>
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I finally went to the other Banco do Brasil closer to my
house and was again told that they could not cash my international check. However I was told that they could deposit
the check. The wait for the check to
clear could take a month or more though because they have to mail the check to
the US and wait for it to clear and be returned (or something along those
lines). The bank employee who I spoke
with was very helpful though because he actually sent me to the place that was
able to cash my international check!</div>
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Take notes, because this type of banking Brazil information
could prove invaluable to any Brazil expat or people looking to travel in
Brazil. How to cash an international
check in Brazil was like the million dollar question that day for me. I asked nearly a hundred people and only one
knew the answer. These weren’t just
random people off the street either, I was talking to bank employees and people
who exchange foreign currencies every day (cambios) and nobody knew the answer.</div>
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please) was a loja (store) called <a href="http://www.confidencecambio.com.br/" target="_blank">Confidence Câmbio</a>. That’s it!
That is how you cash an international check in Brazil. As far as I know of Confidence is the only
place that will do this. You can also go
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The one I went to was in Salvador, Bahia – Brasil. It was in a small shopping center at the
bottom of a skyscraper called "ondonto" something… I think it was filled with dentists’ offices. The neighborhood it was in is called Itagaira.<br />
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How lucky was I to finally talk to the banker
at the last branch I visited who pointed me in the right direction? I don’t really believe in luck or
chance. In actuality my first thought
was to go to that bank before I spent a whole day and a half searching around
the city for a place to cash my check.</div>
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If I would have listened to my inner voice I would have
saved myself a lot of hassle but eventually I came around and the answer to my
predicament found me.</div>
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I think things have changed recently with Confidence
though. I was able to take my checks to
them and get them cashed right there on the spot. It usually took about 30 minutes or so for
the check to clear and then they would cash it for me. Things went a little differently the last
time I went though. Instead of cashing
my checks they took my checking account info so they could deposit the money
straight into my account. They said that
they stopped giving cash on the spot for the checks.</div>
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It took a while almost two weeks for the transaction to go
through. Also, you may be
required to have a Brazilian bank account now.
I’m not sure because I used my Brazilian checking account.</div>
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That’s my experience if anyone knows any differently or has
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Pituaçu Park brings together in one space the exuberance of coastal rainforest vegetation and the wonder of works of art by renown Bahian artists.</h4>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pituaçu Park</span> is situated across from Pituaçu beach (as can be seen in the photo above). It is next to the Atlantic Ocean and contains a 1,000-acre-plus reserve of Atlantic rainforest.<br />
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Here is some footage we took last time we went to Pituaçu.<br />
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There is also a football (soccer) stadium in the park called Estádio de Pituaçu. The stadium is owned by the Government of Bahia state and it was built in 1979. The stadium is huge. It holds around 34,000 people.<br />
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Ayahuasca is created by an alchemical process of blending several leaves and vines in a brew. One of its medicinal properties is the release of toxins and low vibratory inhibitors from the body. This process is referred to as <i>la purga</i>, the purge. Once this process is finished Ayahuasca enables the initiate to go within their own mind. This allows you to become a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Liber-Null-Psychonaut-Introduction-Chaos/dp/0877286396?ie=UTF8&tag=consbookcafe-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">psychonaut</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=consbookcafe-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0877286396" height="1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />, which is basically a sailor of the mind/soul.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">About the <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Urban Shaman</span></span> aka <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">“Wannabe Woodsman”</span></span><br />
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Born Brian O´Keefe Wilson as the 7th of 9 children in Jackson, MS, the Urban Shaman has always been on a quest for that magical cup of libation to adequately quench the thirst of real truth and meaning. Being raised in a strong religious household of rigid tradition, this quest has led him to many travels and destinations which culiminated in his discovery of Salvador, Brasil in 2001. <br />
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The rich cultural and historical grounds of Brasil provided yet again another educational experience which further enhanced his persistent and aggressive journey toward bliss, peace, and deeper truth. The climax of his journey has been the rich and amazing shamanic ritual in Ayahuasca. His research, practice, curiosity, study, and persistent participation has made him quite a knowledgeable and capable guide and information source. He is fascinated with learning complex information and delicately making it simplistic. Quantum physics, binaural auditory sound, Neurolinguistic Programming, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ayahuasca-Songs-Healing-Prayers-Chants/dp/B002GNDOCK?ie=UTF8&tag=consbookcafe-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">harmonic sound frequencies</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=consbookcafe-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002GNDOCK" height="1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />, hip hop, jazz, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Very-Best-Of-Prince/dp/B0011Z31V8?ie=UTF8&tag=consbookcafe-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Prince</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=consbookcafe-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0011Z31V8" height="1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> are some of the elements you may find while working with him.<br />
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The Urban Shaman is a mystic by nature, yet a child at heart. He is a baby and tree hugger who feels that nature ultimately holds most of the solutions we seek. Sessions with him, though highly charged with deep spiritual elements and cosmic overtones, do not lack in <span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">laughter</span>, <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">simplicity</span>, and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">joy</span>. His brand of connecting with people is quite imaginative, playful, and insightful. As a guide into your Ayahuasca experience you can be assured that your guide knows inwardly that all the answers and challenges you seek ultimately lie within you and is evidented by some of his quotes : <b><span style="font-size: large;">“ less is often so much more”</span></b>, <span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“don´t put sugar on a turd and call it a brownie, unless you really like sweet shit”</b></span>, and <span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“lust and love are really good friends”</b></span> are just a few.<br />
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Say no to that fourth caipirinha! <br />
A <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Purista-Caipirinha-Coctail-Mixer-25/dp/B00390L40I?ie=UTF8&tag=consbookcafe-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Caipirinha</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=consbookcafe-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00390L40I" height="1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> is a delicious mixture of fresh fruit, sugar and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Caparinha-Brazilian-Cocktail-Basket-Cachaca/dp/B002TACPSY?ie=UTF8&tag=consbookcafe-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">cachaça</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=consbookcafe-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002TACPSY" height="1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> (an alcohol similar to rum made from sugar cane). It is our American Pie. It is sweet, full of fruit and absolutely unrefusable. That is where you can run into problems. Under no circumstance should you ever say YES to the fourth Caipirinha, no matter how tempting it may be. Unless of course you are into peeling yourself off the floor of any given chorrosco or waking up with sand in cracks that you never even knew you owned. The correct response to this question would be: Nao, obrigata!<br />
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Have you seen a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&tag=consbookcafe-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&search-alias=aps&field-keywords=Brazilian%20Bikini" target="_blank">Brazilian Bikini</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=consbookcafe-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=" height="1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />? Enough said. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuAZhCh_k36PWdTBhyphenhyphenCYpGnQ7bYJ_-xUQvIiPtUgvgvdcM-IVNRW_sZX4Il8m3QlY3QPZa5To9DYcrCtV0tKdHANILL8ftS3XaY-_yMNNcV9WAOY4C8P1dqmu9EuuLwGnMzikZByoOW96H/s1600/bahia+mulher+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuAZhCh_k36PWdTBhyphenhyphenCYpGnQ7bYJ_-xUQvIiPtUgvgvdcM-IVNRW_sZX4Il8m3QlY3QPZa5To9DYcrCtV0tKdHANILL8ftS3XaY-_yMNNcV9WAOY4C8P1dqmu9EuuLwGnMzikZByoOW96H/s1600/bahia+mulher+3.jpg" /></a></li>
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Read more: <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_4752917_adapt-brazilian-culture.html#ixzz14TJavhzr" style="color: #003399;">How to Adapt to Brazilian Culture | eHow.com</a></div>
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Sharif Ali ☪ ✡http://www.blogger.com/profile/01199057717382015986noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760590642459760272.post-88504960271588425282014-11-11T01:02:00.000-05:002017-12-27T13:40:18.337-05:00LOCAL CULTURE: INDIGENOUS TRIBE IN BAHIAThis place was always called Bahia...One of the names for the tribes that still exist today is Baenã. They don't look like the Indians you see on t.v. in the U.S. either.<br />
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check out this link for the complete article: <a href="http://pib.socioambiental.org/en/povo/pataxo-ha-ha-hae/print" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289454830_0">http://pib.socioambiental.org/en/povo/pataxo-ha-ha-hae/print</span></a><br />
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The indigenous peoples today known generically by the ethnonym <i>Pataxó Hãhãhãe</i> are made up of the Baenã, Pataxó Hãhãhãe, Kamakã, Tupinambá, Kariri-Sapuyá and Gueren ethnic groups. Inhabitants of the south of Bahia state, the contact history of these groups with non-indigenous populations has been shaped by land expropriations, forced relocations, the transmission of diseases and killings. The land reserved for them by the State in 1926 was invaded and largely converted into private farms. The slow and tortuous process of regaining these lands began in the 1980s only: a successful conclusion still appears to be some way off, with the reserve remaining under judicial consideration.<br />
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Follow the latest news and events concerning the Pataxó Hã-hã-hãe, and other groups, on the web a: <a href="http://indiosonline.org.br/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289454830_1">http://indiosonline.org.br</span></a> and <a href="http://webbrasilindigena.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289454830_2">http://webbrasilindigena.org</span></a></div>
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Location and population</h2>
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The population inhabits the Caramuru-Paraguaçu Indigenous Reserve, 54,099 ha in size, in the south of <br />
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In May 2005 the population living in the<br />
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The languages spoken by the various ethnic groups encompassed by the Pataxó Hãhãhãe ethnonym are no longer in active use, apart from isolated words from their lexicons. Until 1911 the Pataxó and Kamakã languages were undoubtedly in full use, which means that the violent contact to which the Indians were subjected through the actions of the SPI (Indian Protection Service) had a terrible impact on them, affecting the native languages too. The Pataxó language survived until at least 1938 when Curt Nimuendaju encountered speakers living in the Caramuru-Paraguaçu Reserve. </div>
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History</h2>
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The lands now forming the Caramuru-Paraguaçu Reserve, created by the then Indian Protection Service (SPI) in 1926 on lands ceded by the State of Bahia for the “usufruct of Pataxó and Tupinambá Indians” (State Law No. 1916/26. Official Gazette. Salvador, 11/08/1926. Pp. 9935.) were traditionally home to the Pataxó Hãhãhãe and Baenã, as oral tradition confirms. Kamuru-Iguaxó Igueligecis, for example, referred to the Hãhãhãe as “the native Indians of the post, conquered in the Serra do Couro Dantas” (interview given in 1977 in <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289454830_4">Barra Velha</span> Village, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289454830_5">Porto Seguro</span>, BA, to Maria Rosário G. de Carvalho).<br />
The non-Indian Otaviano, born in Itajú do Colônia close to the Caramuru IP at a farm called <br />
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Go to that link to read more: <a href="http://pib.socioambiental.org/en/povo/pataxo-ha-ha-hae/print">http://pib.socioambiental.org/en/povo/pataxo-ha-ha-hae/print</a><br />
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Check this video. (It is in Portuguese) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl6UAhLUSGo" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1289454830_8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl6UAhLUSGo</span></a>Sharif Ali ☪ ✡http://www.blogger.com/profile/01199057717382015986noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760590642459760272.post-77485715089013633722014-10-26T00:58:00.000-04:002017-12-27T13:42:14.276-05:00MOORISH HISTORY AND ISLAM IN BRAZILOne of the keys to researching Moorish history is the understanding that the terms "muslim" and "islam" when applied to Africans, especially in the Western Hemisphere, is a code word for Moor. This is a result of the Spanish Inquisition, which never truly ended.<br />
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Cabral did not discovered Brazil; a half of the slaves brought to the Americas must well have been Muslims; the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Quilombo-Jonas-Bloch/dp/B0009WIE8E?ie=UTF8&tag=consbookcafe-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Quilombo of Palmares</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=consbookcafe-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0009WIE8E" height="1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> followed Muslim orientation; Portugal and Spain were Muslims by 800 years until just two years before Cabral having arrived at Brazil ...<br />
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This, not to mention that the Reformation had Muslim support ... In short: <b>the history of Brazil and the Americas is undergoing an amazing revision that is still not entirely known even by the Latin American academy and deeply involves the Muslims.</b> This and more is approached through a variety of media in: <a href="http://www.martinsbenperrusi.com/crbst_41.html">http://www.martinsbenperrusi.com/crbst_41.html</a><br />
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Original Article Here:<br />
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Muslims' love for education continued in slavery wherever possible. Gilberto Freyre, the Brazilian scholar is quoted as saying "in the slave sheds of Bahia in 1835 there were perhaps more persons who knew how to read and write than up above, in the Big Houses [of slave owners]". <br />
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What happened to these Muslims when slavery was officially over? Diouf does report narratives recorded as late as the 1940s about how Islam was practiced by some African-American descendants of slaves in the islands of the North Carolinas. Steven Barboza (1993) also mentions that in 1910 there were some 100,000 African Muslims in Brazil.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil">Wikipedia, Islam in Brazil </a><br />
<b>Islam in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></b> was first practiced by <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_slaves" title="African slaves">African slaves</a>. The early Brazilian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim" title="Muslim">Muslims</a> led the largest slave revolt in Brazil, which then had the largest slave population of the world. The next significant migration of Muslims was by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Brazilian" title="Arab Brazilian">Arabs</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>. The number of Muslims in Brazil according to the 2000 Brazilian census was 27,239<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-census2000_0-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil#cite_note-census2000-0">[1]</a></sup>, or 0.00016% of the total population. According to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life's 2009 report, that number had grown to 191,000<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-pewreport_1-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil#cite_note-pewreport-1">[2]</a></sup>, or 0.096% of the total population.<br />
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The history of Muslims in Brazil begins with the importation of African slave labor to the country. Brazil obtained 37% of all African slaves traded, and more than 3 million slaves were sent to this one country. Starting around 1550, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portuguese</a> began to trade African slaves to work the sugar plantations once the native <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupi_people" title="Tupi people">Tupi people</a> deteriorated. Scholars claim that Brazil received more enslaved Muslims than anywhere else in the Americas.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil#cite_note-2">[3]</a></sup><br />
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The Muslim uprising of 1835 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahia" title="Bahia">Bahia</a> illustrates the condition and legacy of resistance among the community of <i>Malês</i>, as African Muslims were known in 19th century Bahia. The majority of the participants were Nago, the local designation for ethnic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_people" title="Yoruba people">Yoruba</a>. Many of the "Malês" had been soldiers and captives in the wars between <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyo" title="Oyo">Oyo</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilorin" title="Ilorin">Ilorin</a> and other Yoruba <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City-states" title="City-states">city-states</a> in the early part of the 19th Century. Other participants included <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausa_people" title="Hausa people">Hausa</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nupe" title="Nupe">Nupe</a> clerics, along with <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jeje&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Jeje (page does not exist)">Jeje</a> or <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dahomean&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Dahomean (page does not exist)">Dahomean</a> soldiers who had converted to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> or fought in alliance with <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil#cite_note-3">[4]</a></sup>."<br />
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Beginning on the night of January 24, 1835, and continuing the following morning, a group of African born slaves occupied the streets of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_da_Bahia" title="Salvador da Bahia">Salvador</a> and for more than three hours they confronted soldiers and armed civilians.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil#cite_note-4">[5]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-reis1988_5-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil#cite_note-reis1988-5">[6]</a></sup><br />
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Even though it was short lived, the revolt was the largest slave revolt in Brazil and the largest urban slave revolt in the Americas.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil#cite_note-6">[7]</a></sup> About 300 Africans took part and the estimated death toll ranges from fifty to a hundred, although exact numbers are unknown. This number increases even more if the wounded who died in prisons or hospitals are included.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-reis1988_5-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil#cite_note-reis1988-5">[6]</a></sup> Many participants were sentenced to death, prison, whippings, or deportation. The rebellion had nationwide repercussions. Fearing the example might be followed, the Brazilian authorities began to watch the <i>malês</i> very carefully and in subsequent years intensive efforts were made to force conversions to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a> and erase the popular memory of and affection towards <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil#cite_note-7">[8]</a></sup> However, the African Muslim community was not erased overnight, and as late as 1910 it is estimated there were still some 100,000 African Muslims living in Brazil.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil#cite_note-8">[9]</a></sup><br />
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Following the assimilation of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Brazilian" title="Afro-Brazilian">Afro-Brazilian</a> Muslim community, the next period of Islam in the country was primarily the result of Muslim immigration from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_East_Asia" title="South East Asia">South East Asia</a>. Some 11 million <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Syria" title="Demographics of Syria">Syrian</a> and Lebanese (mostly Christians) immigrants live throughout Brazil.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-oliveira2006_9-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil#cite_note-oliveira2006-9">[10]</a></sup> The biggest concentration of Muslims is found in the greater <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo" title="São Paulo">São Paulo</a> region.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScq9zQAuKvJ3yiArMi1KvcigghIR3KA4hzAlQuKwlmAVy29R2U62dCwyhZpYHwt_fX6cn5QorbhSu1v_Mzh75i_vjK26G7Rm48erkimUdvquImZk-xTMPVzoFHmly93SPPdFFGUPdJmeg/s1600/banner_habibs.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScq9zQAuKvJ3yiArMi1KvcigghIR3KA4hzAlQuKwlmAVy29R2U62dCwyhZpYHwt_fX6cn5QorbhSu1v_Mzh75i_vjK26G7Rm48erkimUdvquImZk-xTMPVzoFHmly93SPPdFFGUPdJmeg/s320/banner_habibs.gif" width="320" /></a>Architecture and cuisine also bear the trademarks of the culture brought to the hemisphere by the Arabs. Not even fast food has escaped the immigrant influence, as the SECOND LARGEST FOOD CHAIN IN BRAZIL (second only to McDonald's) is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habib%27s" title="Habib's">Habib's</a>, <a href="http://www.habibs-fast-food.com.br/">(www.habibs-fast-food.com.br/</a>) which serves Arab food. Habib's menu features kibbeh (a croquette of beef shaped like a rugby ball with either an olive, hummus, or some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catupiry" title="Catupiry">catupiry</a> cheese inside), sfiha (a small, round flatbread topped with spinach, minced beef, or cheese), kafta, stuffed grape leaves, hummus and tabouli salad. Less adventurous diners could choose more predictable fare: hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, pizza, french fries and ice cream. And the diversity of influence stretches to businesses such as the textile industry, which is dominated by merchants of Syrian-Lebanese origin(mainly of Christian faith).<br />
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According to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazilian</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> of 2000<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-census2000_0-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil#cite_note-census2000-0">[1]</a></sup> there were 27,239 <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a> living in the country, primarily concentrated in the states of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_%28state%29" title="São Paulo (state)">São Paulo</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_%28state%29" title="Paraná (state)">Paraná</a>. Muslim community leaders in Brazil estimated that there were between 700,000 and three million Muslims,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-religiousfreedom2006_11-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil#cite_note-religiousfreedom2006-11">[12]</a></sup> with the lower figure representing those who actively practiced their religion, while the higher estimate would include also nominal members. There are significant Muslim communities in the industrial <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburb" title="Suburb">suburbs</a> of the city of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo" title="São Paulo">São Paulo</a> and in the port city of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santos" title="Santos">Santos</a>, as well as in smaller communities in <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_State" title="Paraná State">Paraná State</a> in the coastal region and in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curitiba" title="Curitiba">Curitiba</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foz_do_Iguazu" title="Foz do Iguazu">Foz do Iguazu</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a> triborder area. The community is overwhelmingly <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni" title="Sunni">Sunni</a>; the Sunnis are almost completely assimilated into broader society. The recent <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi%27ite" title="Shi'ite">Shi'ite</a> immigrants gravitate to small insular communities in São Paulo, Curitiba, and Foz do Iguazu. There are approximately 60 mosques, Islamic religious centers, and Islamic associations.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-religiousfreedom2006_11-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil#cite_note-religiousfreedom2006-11">[12]</a></sup><br />
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A recent trend has been the increase in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_conversion#Islam" title="Religious conversion">conversions</a> to Islam among non-<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab" title="Arab">Arab</a> citizens.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-religiousfreedom2006_11-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil#cite_note-religiousfreedom2006-11">[12]</a></sup> A recent Muslim source estimated that there are close to 10,000 Muslim converts living in Brazil.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-oliveira2006_9-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil#cite_note-oliveira2006-9">[10]</a></sup> Brazil may have become a hub for Islam in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a>. During the past 30 years, Islam has become increasingly noticeable in Brazilian society by building not only mosques, but also <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libraries" title="Libraries">libraries</a>, arts centres, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School" title="School">schools</a> and also by funding <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper" title="Newspaper">newspapers</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil#cite_note-12">[13]</a></sup> The growth of Islam within Brazil is demonstrated in the fact that 2 of the 3 existing Portuguese translations of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur%27an" title="Qur'an">Qur'an</a> were created by Muslim translators in São Paulo.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-oliveira2006_9-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Brazil#cite_note-oliveira2006-9">[10]</a></sup><br />
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Malê Revolt</h1>
The <b>Malê Revolt</b> (also known as <b>The Great Revolt</b>) is perhaps the most significant <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_rebellion" title="Slave rebellion">slave rebellion</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>. On a Sunday during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramadan" title="Ramadan">Ramadan</a> in January 1835, in the city of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador,_Brazil" title="Salvador, Brazil">Salvador da Bahia</a>, a small group of black slaves and freedmen, inspired by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Muslim</a> teachers, rose up against the government. (Muslims were called <i>malê</i> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahia" title="Bahia">Bahia</a> at this time, from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_language" title="Yoruba language">Yoruba</a> <i>imale</i> that designated a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_people" title="Yoruba people">Yoruba</a> Muslim, which originally meant "a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_Empire" title="Mali Empire">Malian</a>", and bearing talismans containing texts from the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koran" title="Koran">Koran</a>.)<br />
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Brazilian slaves knew about the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Revolution" title="Haitian Revolution">Haitian Revolution</a> (1791-1804) and wore necklaces bearing the image of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Dessalines" title="Jean-Jacques Dessalines">President Dessalines</a>, who had declared Haitian independence.<br />
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While the revolt was scheduled to take place on Sunday, January 25, due to various incidents, it was forced to start before the planned time. On Saturday the 24th, slaves began to hear rumors of an upcoming rebellion.<br />
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While there are multiple accounts of freed slaves telling their previous masters about the revolts, only one was reported to the proper authorities. A man named Domingos Fortunato overheard rumors and told his wife, Guilhermina Rosa de Souza, of the rebellion. Guilhermina then proceeded to tell her white neighbor, André Pinto da Silveira. Several of Pinto de Silveira’s friends were present, including Antônio de Souza Guimarães and Francisco Antônio Malheiros, who took it upon themselves to relay the information to the local authorities. All of these events occurred between the hours of 9:30 and 10:30 PM on Saturday the 24th.<br />
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The justice of the peace, José Mendes de Costa Coelho, took the necessary precautions; he reinforced the palace guard, alerted the barracks, doubled the night patrol, and ordered boats to watch the bay, all by 11:00 PM. At around 1:00 AM on Sunday, justices of the peace searched the home of Domingos Marinho de Sa. Domingos had reported that there were Africans meeting in his house due to fear for his life. However, sensing Domingos’s fear, the justices asked to see for themselves. They went down into his basement and found the ringleaders, discussing last minute details. However, the Africans were able to turn the officers out into the streets.<br />
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Out on the streets, the fighting saw its first real bloodshed; several people were injured and at least one killed. After securing the area, the rebels split up to go in different directions throughout the city. Most of the groups did very little fighting because they were recruiters, calling slaves to war. However, the largest group traveled up the hill toward Palace Square (Praça Municipal today), and continued to fight.<br />
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The rebels decided to first attack the city palace of the jail , attempting to free a Muslim leader, Pacifico Licutan. However, the prison guards proved too much for the rebels, who perhaps were looking to supplement their weak supply of arms with the jailers’. Under heavy fire, the slaves withdrew from the prison and retreated to the Largo de Teatro. Reinforcements arrived on the slaves side, and together they attacked a nearby post of soldiers in order to take their weapons. They marched toward the officer's barracks, and put up a good fight, however, the soldiers were able to pull the gate guarding the barracks shut. The slaves had failed.<br />
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After failing to take several more key positions, the slaves decided to head through the city, toward Cabrito, the designated meeting spot. However, in between Cabrito and Salvador da Bahia was the Brazilian cavalry.<br />
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And when they met in Água de Meninos, the most decisive battle of the revolt took place. At about 3:00 AM, the rebels reached Água de Meninos. The footsoldiers immediately retreated inside the confines of the barracks while the men on horseback stayed outside. The rebels, who now only numbered about 50–60, did not attempt to attack the barracks. Instead, they sought a way around it.<br />
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However, they were met with fire from the barracks, followed by a cavalry charge, which proved too powerful for the rebel slaves. After the rebels were completely devastated, more slaves arrived. After assessing the situation, the slaves decided that their only hope would be to attack and take the barracks. However, this desperate attempt proved futile, and the rebels quickly decided to flee. The cavalry mounted one last charge that finished them off.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%AA_Revolt#cite_note-0">[1]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%AA_Revolt#cite_note-1">[2]</a></sup><br />
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Fearful that the whole state of Bahia would follow the example of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Domingue" title="Saint-Domingue">Saint-Domingue</a> (Haiti) and rise up and revolt, the authorities quickly sentenced four of the rebels to death, sixteen to prison, eight to forced labour, and forty-five to flogging. The remainder of surviving leaders of the revolt were then deported back to Africa by the authorities; it is believed that some members of the Brazilian community in Lagos, Nigeria, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabom_People" title="Tabom People">Tabom People</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a> are descended from this deportation, although descendants of these <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Brazilian" title="Afro-Brazilian">Afro-Brazilian</a> repatriates are reputed to be widespread throughout West Africa (such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvanus_Olympio" title="Sylvanus Olympio">Sylvanus Olympio</a>, the first president of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo" title="Togo">Togo</a>).<br />
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The term "Aguda" on the other hand refers to the mainstream, predominantly Christian Brazilian returnees to Lagos who brought Roman Catholicism in their wake; which is why that denomination is often referenced in Yoruba as "Ijo Aguda" (The Portuguese Church). Fearing the example might be followed, the Brazilian authorities began to watch the <i>malês</i> very carefully and in subsequent years intensive efforts were made to force conversions to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a> and erase the popular memory and affection towards Islam.<br />
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However, the African Muslim community was not erased overnight, and as late as 1910 it is estimated there were still some 100,000 African Muslims living in Brazil.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%AA_Revolt#cite_note-2">[3]</a></sup><br />
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Many consider this rebellion to be the turning point of slavery in Brazil. While slavery existed for more than fifty years following the Malê Revolt, the slave trade was abolished in 1851. Slaves continued to pour into Brazil immediately following the rebellion, which caused fear and unrest among the people of Brazil. They feared that bringing in more slaves would just fuel another rebel army. Although it took a little over fifteen years to happen, the slave trade was abolished in Brazil, due in part to the 1835 rebellion.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%C3%AA_Revolt#cite_note-3">[4]</a></sup>Sharif Ali ☪ ✡http://www.blogger.com/profile/01199057717382015986noreply@blogger.com0