Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Salvador da Bahia, Brazilië

Topdrukte — Lavagem do Bonfim, Reveillon and Santa Barbara

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  Lavagem do Bonfim

  15 janReligieus feestDruk

  Baianas in white wash the church steps with scented water at the end of an eight-kilometre walk from Comercio, followed by about a million people and a great many sound trucks. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Reveillon and Santa Barbara (3 dec – 2 jan (meestal))

Topdrukte — Festa de Iemanja, Carnival

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  Festa de Iemanja

  2 febReligieus feestDruk

  Rio Vermelho spends 2 February taking flowers and mirrors out to sea for the goddess of the waters; the queue at the fishermen's house starts before dawn. The biggest candomble day of the year. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Carnival

  12–18 febDrukBoek vroeg

  The largest street carnival anywhere: six days, trios eletricos on two circuits and no stadium involved. Barra and Campo Grande are impassable, and the rest of the city more or less stops. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Feestdag

  Semana Santa long weekend

  3–5 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukBoek vroeg

  Good Friday is a national holiday and the Easter weekend is one of the year's busiest for domestic travel: roads and bus stations jam, beach towns and country retreats fill with Brazilian families, and prices rise. Many shops close on Good Friday. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Carnival (12–18 feb)

Druk — Semana Santa long weekend

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Semana Santa long weekend (3–5 apr)

Rustig — een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Sao Joao, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

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  Sao Joao

  12–30 jun · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  Bahia takes the June festivals as seriously as carnival, though the best of it is inland at Cachoeira and Amargosa; the city keeps forro, quadrilhas and corn in every form. It rains on all of it. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Dois de Julho, Bahia Independence, July winter break in Brazilië

• Natuur

  Humpback whale season

  1 jul – 31 okt · meestal

  Humpbacks come up the Bahian coast to calve, and they can be seen from the Farol da Barra as well as from boat trips out of the bay. August and September usually bring the most sightings. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Dois de Julho, Bahia Independence

  2 julNationale feestdagDruk

  Bahia's own independence day: a daylong parade on foot from Largo da Lapinha to Campo Grande behind the caboclo and cabocla figures, with brass bands and politicians. It is a state holiday and feels more local than Carnival. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Humpback whale season (1 jul – 31 okt (meestal))

Druk — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Humpback whale season (1 jul – 31 okt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Humpback whale season (1 jul – 31 okt (meestal))

Druk — AFROPUNK Brasil

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  AFROPUNK Brasil

  7–8 novMuziekfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  The Brazilian edition of the Brooklyn festival has made Salvador its home since 2021: two days of Black music, fashion and art at the Parque de Exposicoes, with Brazilian and international headliners. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Reveillon and Santa Barbara, Nossa Senhora da Conceicao da Praia

• Feestdag

  Reveillon and Santa Barbara

  3 dec – 2 jan · meestalKerst & nieuwjaarDrukBoek vroeg

  December opens with Santa Barbara at the Mercado and closes with the free new year concerts on the Barra seafront. Beds along the coast go months ahead at their highest rates of the year. Bron ↗

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  Nossa Senhora da Conceicao da Praia

  8 decReligieus feestDruk

  The feast of Bahia's patron saint, and a city holiday: mass in the open air and a procession through Comercio below the Elevador Lacerda. It opens the run of summer street festivals that ends with Carnival. Bron ↗