CARNIVAL IN BRAZIL: SALVADOR DA BAHIA AND RECIFE
SALVADOR
DA BAHIA CARNIVAL
Carnival in Bahia is as fervent on its expression and tradition as the Rio’s, though rather different. Essentially, the Carnival in Bahia (Salvador) is a musical and folkloric expression, centred in Trio Electricos – musical cars, carrying musicians and top singers. It’s the Trio Electrico that scatters the music and puts everyone in carnival trance.
There are dozens of Trio Electricos, each one acting in a different street circuit, performing different musical themes, allowing people to choose and accompany the preferred music and performers. The sounds aren’t limited to samba. Most of the top musicians of Brazil prefer and are presented in Salvador da Bahia Carnival. They are the heart of its success and brightness. Musically speaking, Salvador Carnival is better than Rio’s one. Only visually does it come behind.
Besides the central piece of the Carnival in Bahia (the Trio Electricos), there are folkloric components, as the afoxé, a kind of musical processions, very attached to African traditions and ways of dressing. The type of sound produced at the afoxe – very monotonous -, and the lyrics, are a direct expression of the practice of the slaves brought by the Portuguese to Brazil.
Hotels and Carnival tickets in Bahia
If you are interested in the Bahian Carnival, you must anticipate hotel reservation (though not the purchase of the tickets for the Carnival festivities; you can easily arrange them, once in Salvador da Bahia). Salvador calls around 600.000 people to its Carnival, and that makes hotel booking difficult.
Hotel information and booking
Hotels in Bahia - Salvador
Information about air flights and booking
Flights to Bahia - Salvador
For more information about Bahia, see:
Eating, Shopping, Nightlife and Entertainment in Bahia
Tropical beaches: Bahia
Travel Package: Rio, Amazon, Bahia
BRAZILIAN
CARNIVAL IN RECIFE AND OLINDA
Carnival is a true Brazilian national event. That’s not only the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro and the Carnival in Bahia. Every significant Brazilian city has its own Carnival
Recife, an important city on the Northeast, and Olinda, just 3 miles north, has also a kind of afoxé, in their Carnival. It’s called Maracatu; it mixes theatre and music, and has a slave and African origin. Moreover, Recife’s Carnival is very peculiar and expressive. The music (the trevo), the dances performed by the figurants (the Crab, the Screwdriver…) and the costumes (floppy shirts, shorts, stockings, or colourful umbrellas) are typically regional.
Hotels and Carnival Olinda and Recife tickets
If you are interested in Recife and Olinda Carnivals, you must anticipate hotel reservation (you don’t have to anticipate the purchase of the tickets to the Carnival festivities; you will easily acquire the tickets once in place, at the hotels or at local agents).
Hotel information and booking
Hotels in Recife
Hotels in Olinda
Information about air flights and booking
Flights to Recife
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