I can’t believe it’s been almost six months since my third trip to Salvador, Bahia, Brazil and I haven’t put a blog post up. I’ve written about the trip, but not for this blog. Anyway, my excuse is my time’s been spent on awesome social media projects. I love social media as much as...
I just re-uploaded three videos I took of Samba dancing in Bahia, Brazil, the birth place of Samba. Brazil’s national social dance, Samba in Bahia is usually in the form of Samba de Roda (circle dance), with everyone forming the circle taking turn dancing inside the circle after one another, either solo, in pairs,...
Vibrant and laid-back, Bahia in the northeast part of Brazil has been called the land of magic and land of the drums. Samba music was born here. Samba dancing, together with Capoeira, is a way of life. Many of Brazil’s most popular musicians, such as Gilberto Gil, Carlinho Brown, Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethânia and...
“A journey of the spirit only starts with somewhere wondrous. It continues wherever we are, through the doors that wonder has opened.” ~ Pico Iyer Bookmark on Delicious Share with Stumblers Tumblr it
Every third Sunday of September, SambaLá Samba School presents a Brazil-style Street Carnaval party on the streets of downtown Long Beach. The Carnaval has grown to be the second-largest all-Brazilian event in the US, only behind New York’s Brazilian Day. It’s a fun-filled party full of lively rhythm and dance that only the Brazilians...
Swing Brazil Tribe and Viver Brasil dance company of Los Angeles, CA dancing the movement of Yemanja, the Afro Brazilian Goddess of the Sea. Part of Honoring the Sea, closing ceremony of 2008 World Festival of Sacred Music. Location: Santa Monica, CA. Bookmark on Delicious Share with Stumblers Tumblr it
What is it about Salvador de Bahia that enchants those who visit? Is it the long stretch of sand around the Bay of All Saints and the perpetual sunshine? Or could it be the music and spirituality inherent in every Bahian? Vibrant and laid-back, Bahia has been called the land of magic and the...
