Brazil - Salvador Do Bahia
We arrived in Salvador and just felt in love with this
city.
We are staying in the old area of Salvador trades which is called
Pelhurinio, and this area is realy the heart of live music in Salvador.
Here, clonial houses are colored in blue, pink, violet, green and
yellw.
During the day, all groups are practising their music in the streets in
order to be the best ones once night live music time arrives (generaly
it strats at 7 pm). Most of them enjoy practising outside, on the small
streets of the colored area of pelhurinio, that s why all this area is
living for: music and sounds.
Most of the time, all the differents rythms are mixing together: crazy
and louldly darbouka with quiet and charming bossa nova. guitares and
birimbao, african reggae and samba ..... all just give you an
impression that pelhurinio is like the heart of a giant orchestra
bumping all the day without getting tired anytime.
In all places and beaches people are dancing cpoeira : the symbol of
the slaves insurrection in order to gain their liberty, and you can see
everywhere in town cpoeira roda (cercle of musiciens and capoeirist
with dancers inside the cercle). We also take capoeira lessons in the
brazilian academy of capoeira angola (2 hours a day) and we feel more
and more each day as a part of this musical world of Salvador......
At night, the center get even more crazy and all groups are
concurencing one to the other in the streets with their differents
sounds and instruments, streets are crowded of dancers and music
lovers, african darbouka get mixed with sounds of guitars , reggae is
getting confused with samba and bossa nova, and the old quarter is
burning with this flame of music untill the early morning..... a real
paradise for music lovers!
Here, gods gave to salvadorien ingeniosity and materials so they could
make instruments, a realy deep sensibility and they get creative, and a
large heart so they can make you share all the feelings and joy of
sounds, music and dance ....... we also took a tour 90km north to Salvaor,
we visit a Turtle Reserve (very cute turtles ..)
and stay in a very nice beach. meanwhile , we continue the Caporia lessons,
we start to �dance� nice, and it is also a good exercise.