With 200 plus Carnival groups parading over seven days, you can't find more groups or more people anywhere than at this great people's party in Brazil's other great historic seaside City.
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Emtursa.ba.gov.br/ The official host of what by most measures must be considered the world's largest annual People's Street Celebration.   Carnival in the Bahia, to each year more joy www.bahiatursa.ba.gov.br ||   Service centers Phone or in-person works better than e-mail or fax. Consult Bahia Toursa about alternative Carnaval events like Itapoã, the old fishing village where a whale is delivered to the sea  on the last day of Carnaval or other Carnaval events throughout the state in different months.

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Praça Castro Alves (named for Antônio Frederico de Castro Alves, the Bahian poet who, among other things, wielded his mighty pen against the injustices of slavery and political oppression)
 "trios" ? because the first one was an old car ('29 Ford) with a driver and two musicians (Dodô and Osmar) in the back (the car can be seen in the museum at the Lagoa da Abaeté in Itapoan; it debuted in 1950

en.wikipedia.org/Bahian_Carnaval " The success of Chiclete com Banana, along with the evolution of Ilê-Ayê and the emergence of Olodum played a part in transforming Salvador’s Carnaval into the biggest, longest, most itinerant open air show in the world.

Muse of Salvador Carnaval:  Sheila Mello, Sheila Carvalho, Daniela Mercury, or Ivete Sangalo - Our Top 25 Muses of Rio Carnaval has proved very popular.

Dan Rosenberg produces www.afropop.org  which celebrates musical cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora. Here's their Carnival archives

Axé Carnaval in Salvador Bahia by carnaval.com
A short introduction to Axé pronounced ah-SHAY  and micarettas too.

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1884 "Although the celebration already had a considerable size - mainly in the ballrooms - it is in that year that the organization of street festivities, and parades in clubs, car parades, floats and many popular ones actually started"

History  
Trio Eléctricos History
This distinctive and sophisticated centerpiece of Salvador Carnaval began in 1950 with Dodô and Osmar.

Archives  

Sabrinka at geocities
Bahia! That's Carnaval at brazzil.com
 

top Carnavals list by world-party 
See where the editors ranked Salvador Carnaval.

Camarotes

These are the structures erected for the parties overlooking the streets where the blocos pass by. They are combination of nightclubs and VIP boxes that greatly reduce the stress of hanging with the largest people's party. They're more expensive, and attract a more well to do crowd as well as some of Salvador's most beautiful women for their private party. Quite safe and generally all-inclusive. Admission usually includes a T-shirt  Camarotes on the web

Trio Electricos have come a long way since their introduction in 1950. Today they are huge moving stages with massive sound systems on the lower level and musical stars performing on top. Bands playing their own hit songs and the other popular songs of the Carnaval lead the "blocos" made up of thousands of young people wearing simple tunic costumes called "abadás" who are well protected from the surging masses of spectator participants by security guys holding rope barriers. 
Other member conveniences include toilets, food & drink   medical service should the need arise. 

carnavalcity.com/Salvador_Bahia/Carnaval_Groups/Circuits
Historical Center: Batatinha Circuit
Grande Avenida: Osmar Circuit
Barra-Ondina: the Dodo Circuit along the coast line from Oceânica Avenue in Barra to Ondina.

Afoxés  

Axe (Ahh-shay) Music takes its name from an  Afro-Brazilian term meaning "peace be with you") and originated with the percussion of the Afro-bloco Carnival groups. The 200 Salvador Trio Electrico work year-round now taking their distinctive sound as far North as CanCun Mexico. Their success can be traced to Ijexá music introduced by Ilê Aiyê in the 70's who mixed in heavy rhythms from the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé religion to begin the ascendancy of Salvador's distinctive Carnaval traditions. 

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Muzenza
Famous for their dancers.Created by former-directors  Olodum the bloco was established  5th of May of 1981 was the first one to bring the Samba rhythm to the bahian carnival .
Storefront in the Pelourinho
Rua das Laranjeiras, 22 - Pelourinho - CEP: 40025230
Fone: (71) 367-0084 - Fax: (71) 367-0084

The most internationally famous Carnival group in all of Brazil is Olodum (pronounced oh-lo-doon). Founded in 1979 Olodum as an Afro bloco, Olodum has grown to become a major institution with many directors and numerous youth, health and public welfare programs centered around Salvador's historic Pelourinho district.  The group and its head drummer Mestre Neguinho do Samba is credited with creating the samba reggae (pronounced sam-ba heg-gay) sound, which dominates Salvador Carnival as well as numerous great classics songs which are covered by all the Carnival bands every year. Olodum traditionally begins its three Carnival parades in Pelourinho Square late on Friday, Sunday and Tuesday. 
 |Rua Gregório de Matos, 22 - Maciel Pelourinho - Salvador - Bahia - Brasil Tel/Fax 55-71-321-5010 / 55-71-321-3208
Olodum in our image server also link directory
 

Barra-Ondina: the Dodo Circuit 

Barra means beach and here it is possible to enjoy the Carnival from a restaurant deck with the sea in the background. The safest of the three routes especially if your watching from your luxury hotel window

Campo Grande Grande Avenida: Osmar Circuit ||Osmar Parade Map by emtursa.br ||
Official Center of  the Carnival with grandstand seating for 2,500 and many vendor booths. A good place to watch parades. King Momo begins his reign here in a key ceremony with the Mayor of Salvador. Location of SAF  support services

Pelourinho   Batatinha circuit  Historical Center: Batatinha Circuit || Calmer programming drawing from the tradition of old carnivals.  You will find a more relaxed Carnaval pace set amongst the famous dramatically lit colonial architecture.  A nice place to bring the family and enjoy the smaller groups of bloco afros, afoxés, and travestidos, who are not supposed to using any amplified music as they parade

 
Carnaval tickets are available at www.centraldocarnaval.com.br . They are #1 and have a rough machine translation in English

Micareta.com.br/ 

Micaretas- off-season Carnavals
The nearby Festival of Santana Micareta occurs in April. The City is only 107km from Salvador, with 600,000 inhabitants. Bahia style Carnaval plays year round throughout Brazil but only a few have achieved a Carnaval like status and dates and places are hard to pin down.  Best bet is to visit these sites for current year planning.

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Alinne Rosa

Ara Ketu The band Ara Ketu derived from the Carnival bloco of the same name and was founded in 1980. Before reaching success in Brazil, they became popular in Europe with an entertaining, danceable mix of Afro-Bahian percussive grooves with electronic paraphernalia and performing in colorful outfits

Asa Durval Lelys leads Asa de Aguia AsaDeAguia.com.br

Axe-Bahia - annual compilation CD

Motumba  rising star

Chiclete con Banana  a huge Carnival favorite for many years running, and generally the most expensive abada shirt for sale.

Ivete Sangalo   singer, songwriter, and occasional actress and television show host. She is one of the most popular and best-selling Brazilian female singers of the present, with six albums released with Banda Eva, and seven more albums in a solo career.

Claudia Leitte formerly with Babada Nova and now one of Salvador Carnaval's most popular singers with Daniela Mercury  & Ivete Sangalo

Margareth Menezes of the Carnaval with some of the most creative costumes and best original music. She appears on the Barra-Ondina circuit with bloco Afro-Pop Brasileiro and band Cortejo Afro.

Netinho - www.netinho.com.br/  official site Nethino has over 15 discs at amazon  || Click to see his top songs as mp3 downloads

Styles of Brazilian Music by Slipcue
Highly opinionated San Francisco based DJ Joe Sixpack is a straight shooter who will quickly move you forward in your understanding and appreciation of the many styles and important  artists of Brazilian music.
Brazilan Music Intro by

RootsWorld: Brazil
Review of many CDs w\ promise of more

Daniela Mercury

Daniela Mercury  Between 1992 and 1993 Bahian Carnaval became the stage for the greatest success in Brazil’s musicallandscape yet: Daniela Mercury landed the number one spot in radio stations throughout Brazil with her samba-reggae hit O Canto da Cidade. Her show broke public attendance records from Oiapoque to Chuí and she became the first exponent of the new Bahian sound to have a television special on her musical career transmitted on a national station, Rede Globo. Mercury’s stunning success radically tore down the preconceptions and barriers that Brazil’s musical epicenters had imposed on Bahian music with origins entrenched in carnaval. Ironically, Mercury’s huge success on a national scale transformed her into Bahian Carnaval’s main artist. She reached that distinction long after having conquered a niche in Bahia and having participated in many carnavals. Daniela Mercury  5-star Rave Reviews at Amazon.com

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Gilberto Gil GilbertoGil.com.br (English & SPANISH TOO) | OFFICIAL  Great site by an icon of Brazilian music || Gilberto Gil's who is also Brazil's most prominent Green as the Cultural Minister in President Lula's cabinet. Expresso 2222 is the Gil's Salvador Carnaval entry which features his daughter Preta and frequent appearances by the legend himself. Gil and Brazil have been moving to the center of the debate over new copyright protection standards for the 21st century. Gilberto Gil at slipcue -- "Pop Music With a Bang and a Whimper."   Complete discography - Gilberto Gil at amazon

Caetano Veloso CaentanoVeloso.com.br (SPANISH TOO) OFFICIAL  Caetano Veloso at slipcue -- The King of Tropicalia - A complete discography. Together w\ G. Gil is considered the great pioneer.

Marissa Monte Discography at Slipcue Unlike most Salvador musicians who have let uol host their official site Marisa has kept control of her URL

Beth Carvalho at cliqueMusic || in English by google lots of sound clips||  Beth Carvalho discography at slip cue  -- the godmother of pagode samba A legendary performer. full discography  ?408 BethCarvalho.com.br,

Maria Bethania at slipcue MPB Diva Numero Uno - A complete discography

  
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A big Obrigada  to Capitu  (or Marcela) for a great batch of useful fotos from Salvador Carnaval 2008. She had the angle on the stars on the top of the trio electricos and really help fill out the music section in the image server.  She lives in Sao Paulo, identifies with Betty Page and writes a very interesting blog about culture

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Brazilian music from Cana Brava's headquarters here in the old colonial section of Salvador canabrava.org
We're here in Bahia, seeking out and webcasting a lot of music that you've probably never heard

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The 24 hour (RealAudio) web radio station out of Itacaré, Bahia acts like a chamber of commerce for the region on the web and is a leading web presence for Bahia and Brazil
 

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Which is the best Carnival? Rio, Salvador or São Paulo?

• Rio's is the biggest spectacle in the Land! We are so fortunate that São Paulo and other cities like Porto Alegre, Curitiba, and etc. lives in copying! Marquinho i
• The best question would be: Rio or Salvador? therefore SP in exists It does not advance the paulistanos to invest millions in the carnival. It will never have the magic of the Carioca carnival Fifi

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Recife-Olinda Carnaval Guide || Recife-Olinda

Carnival in Natal || Natal

State of Pernambuco
The third great carnaval region of Brazil consisting of the urban state capital of Recife, the historic village of Olinda and the high-rise hotel beach resort of Boa Viagem. This is where the local frenetic dance of Frevo traces its origins to Lent processions.

 Rivalry between early Frevo Clubs played itself out through Polka march music performed by the men. When the women wanted to participate, Carnival Blocos were formed with ropes protecting the families from the wildness of the streets. During the day you may meet a Troça Carnavalesca Mista who have come to "wake the people up" with fun and ridicule or a parading  samba school.  Two distinctive Pernambuco costume traditions are the Turmas or clowns and puppets.
The popular  Maracatu tradition traces its origin to the coronation of Black Queens and  Kings following the abolition of slavery. The  word is thought to have originated as a drum password to stop the performance because police were coming. Today maracatu means Carnival  confusion and disorder. The  rural Maracatus  who come to Olinda to perforum in the street for Carnaval, evoke  African heritage with unique syncretic traditions found nowhere else. Likewise,  the Caboclinho Tribes  bring back the original inhabitants, the Indians whose dance performances are preserving  the story of their ancestors.

FREVO origins: Professor Waldemar de Oliveira writes that  this very singular dance has its origins in the movements of "capoeira"  followed by bandits who liked to perform  in front of their favorite bands. Thus police pursuit helped create the frevo styling eventually giving way to today's  "passistas."

In 2003, Terra dropped coverage of Bahia's Porto Segura but still does nearby
Olinda-Recife >English

Brazil is noteworthy for the flexibility and syncretism of its spiritual practices. Candomblé, originally an African word denoting a dance in honor of the gods, is also a general term for the many Afro-Catholic syncretic cults of Brazil. Candomblé ceremonies are conducted in the Yoruba-Africa tongue and follows a polytheistic model of getting to know various divinities called Orixás (pronounced O-ree-sha) as they relate to your path in this world. Each of these psychic energy models or archetypes is represented by a Catholic saint and has a history and personality. Exú, the trickster messenger deity who makes things possible as the god of the crossroads between worlds, is thus an early part of nearly all Candomblé ceremonies. Exú's unfortunate association with the Catholic devil underscores a different doctrine which rarely finds pure good or evil in any action. Iemanjá, (her Catholic saint counterpart is the Virgin Mary) is associated with the sea and water is also a very important Candomblé deity. Her February 2 festival, includes a grand maritime procession of participants offering flowers, can often be combined with a Carnaval visit.

Salon Wanderlust | "My Night of Candomblé"
(CD) Ritual songs in bantu, shouts of the possessed & blazing drums.

Body, Dance and Music: Identity in Candomblé 
"shows how the mystical-religious process in Candomblé brings the believer to build a new identity...According to the phenomenological perspective, bodily experiences are not reducible to a dichotomous model"

Every negro use to have, or knew that his grand-father had, a light, a guider, a protector Orisha...This magic, this re-structurant organization, can only be understood if we think differently

Over 5000 years ago the Egyptians held the first Carnival tributes to Osiris and Isis. Did the deities informing these ceremonies follow parallel paths through the millenniums of West African and Western European until meeting up in the New World? 

• Prehistory past present future beginning with The Age of Cancer =8,572 - 6,429 bce

• Olmecs & Mother Africa The year 2012 will be 520 years after Columbus delivered the message of the promised land in 1492

• Trickster at the Crossroads West Africa one of the world's greatest trickster figures is a god of high metaphysical content, Eshu-Elegbara, a West African orisha. He is the gatekeeper between the realms of man and gods, the tangled lines of force that make up the cosmic interface, and his sign is the crossroads.

• Tunisia Travel Guide In 2007 Africa hosted for the first time ever hosted the World Carnival City Congress