På gång i Salvador, Brazil under året

Mest folk — Lavagem do Bonfim, Reveillon and Santa Barbara

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  Lavagem do Bonfim

  15 janReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Reveillon and Santa Barbara (3 dec – 2 jan (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Festa de Iemanja, Carnival

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  Festa de Iemanja

  2 febReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

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  Carnival

  12–18 febTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Helg

  Semana Santa long weekend

  3–5 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Carnival (12–18 feb)

Mycket folk — Semana Santa long weekend

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Semana Santa long weekend (3–5 apr)

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Mycket folk — Sao Joao, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

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  Sao Joao

  12–30 jun · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Dois de Julho, Bahia Independence, July winter break i Brazil

• Natur

  Humpback whale season

  1 jul – 31 okt · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Dois de Julho, Bahia Independence

  2 julNationell helgdagTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Humpback whale season (1 jul – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Humpback whale season (1 jul – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Humpback whale season (1 jul – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — AFROPUNK Brasil

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  AFROPUNK Brasil

  7–8 novMusikfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Reveillon and Santa Barbara, Nossa Senhora da Conceicao da Praia

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  Reveillon and Santa Barbara

  3 dec – 2 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

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  Nossa Senhora da Conceicao da Praia

  8 decReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗