Brazil's African Soul: Pelourinho Baroque, Candomblé Ceremonies & Carnival Capital
📍 Salvador, Brazil📅 3-day itinerary
The most African city in the Americas — where 80% of residents trace their ancestry to the 1.5 million enslaved people who arrived through this port, the divine spirits of the Yoruba religion are worshipped in ceremony houses throughout the city, the martial art developed by enslaved people to disguise combat as dance is still practised on cobblestone streets, and the most gilded Baroque church in the Americas drips with 800 kg of gold leaf.
The Church Interior So Densely Gilded with 800 kg of Gold Leaf That Every Surface Vanishes Under Carving & Women in White Muslin Serving the Street Food of the African Spirit Tradition at Dusk
The World's Most Affordable City Elevator Carrying 900,000 Passengers a Month Between Two Cities at Different Heights & The Beach Where Capoeiristas Practise at Sunset with the 1598 Star Fort Behind Them
The 27 Carved Wood Panels Depicting the African Yoruba Spirits of Rain and Sea and Iron & A Ferry Crossing the 1,100 km² Bay to an Island Where Fishermen Repair Nets at Dawn