Recôncavo Baiano @en

We arrived at David’s grandfather’s banana plantation after a long hike. Turning left by the cemetery, we walked down a path through

By the afternoon, everything has changed: no longer bought or rented from a store, but built artisanally by Dodô’s talented hands, the

Those who walk down the streets of Acupe (in the state of Bahia) on Sundays in July can’t avoid meeting the traditional

Today we went to visit the Children’s Samba de Roda of Saubara, a town next to Acupe. Dona Anna is an old

Ô Cosme cadê Damião?                                    

For days no one has talked about anything other than the parade for the 7th of September. The schools were preparing so

On departure the luggage consists of a spoon, a bucket and an empty sack. Upon return, it’s a sack full of bebe

Neck deep in water, Felipe never tired of watching his little boat slide around on the whims of the wind and the

Is hunting a big boy’s thing? Neto is only 2 years old, the second youngest of nine brothers, an attentive boy with

On the way there, everyone walks quickly through the bush, eagerly anxious to see if there is something in the trap they

Anxious, with fast movements and speaking quickly, the boys insist on taking us to the mangrove to hunt for gaiamum (a type

August is the windy month, and the winds call for bicudas and arraias, or airplanes and kites, in the sky. Acupe is

Beneath a mango tree, Seu Dodô creates his incredible paper masks. These are masks borne out of a fearful imagination and painted