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Salvador da Bahia
Salvador is not only the administrative capital of Bahia, it also stands for relaxation, business, spontaneity, party and religion. Salvador has a unique historical and architectural heritage. Old and new life together in harmony.
From the historic places in the Pelourinho you ca easily walk or drive through modern streets to the beach. Salvador is a city full of mysticism, culture, music ... "Carnaval em Salvador" with his trio eléctrico's (trucks carrying musical groups) and bloco's (dancing crowd around the trucks) is the largest street carnival in the world.
Parades or religious festivities as “Lavagem do Bonfim” and the celebration of “Iemanjá” (Goddess of the sea) attract hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
Salvador is also the city with the most festive and colorful population of Brazil, where black and white dance together on the Bahian variation of the samba, the Axé. No other state has the mix of African, Portuguese and Brazilian culture as well mixed in cuisine, music and religion.
Bahia is, by the African influences, the state with the most Candomblé followers and is the heart of this religion to be.
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