That’s a very traditional party from a small countryside town, called Santo Amaro/BA, which celebrates the freedom from slavery in Brazil. It’s called “Bembé do Mercado” and has taken place in that town from May 13, 1888 and yearly ever since, when “Lei Áurea” - a law signed by the Princess Isabel (Isabel Cristina Leopoldina Augusta Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Bragança e Bourbon) – decreed the end of slavery in Brazil. It has acquired a strong religion essence, which comes from Candomblé; that’s why the party ends in the sea, where the descendents from African slaves offer their gifts to the goddess of the sea.






















Lindo, lindo, lindo. Mais uma vez parabéns meu amigo.
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