Side Trip Salvador de Bahia

Salvador de Bahia -the birthplace of Brazil. Here slaves were brought over and put to work on large plantations (here for sugar cane and tobacco) such as what took place in the US in the south. However in Brazil, the various African religious gods, food and dance the slaves brought with them were allowed to continue and got passed down through generations. Condoble religion is symbolized by the lacey voluminous white dress of local Bahian women and capoira by the dance somewhat like Asian Tai-kon-do