Salvador da Bahia Local Customs

 7 Reviews  Bahian cuisine has the influence of Portuguese, African and Indian cultures with a predominance of local exotic ingredients. Is characterized by the generous use of malagueta chili peppers and dende... 

 5 Reviews  I went to Salvador in 2007 and had my wrist covered in these beautiful Bahia Wish Bracelets. Long story short, I long ago forgot about them and the story behind them until I recently came across them... 

 3 Reviews  The Brazilian berimbau is a single-string percussion instrument, braced musical bow or African origin. It consists of a wooden bow (traditionally made from biribi wood) about 1,2 - 1,5 m long, with a... 

 5 Reviews  Capoeira is a unique Afro-Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, dance, music and acrobatics. But capoiera is much more; it is a ritual and a philosophy, a cultural tradition and a... 

 2 Reviews  Acareje is street food eaten at any time as a snack. It consists of a patty, made from mashed feijao fradinho (black-eyed beans). The mash is deep-fried in dende oil (derived from a nut found on the... 

 2 Reviews  New info on the last 2005 Salvador Carnaval in my new Travelogue. Carnaval is Locura Total : for 6 day and 6 night million of people dancing, singing and drinking. The old carnival consisted of big... 

 2 Reviews  At any time of the day you will see these little coffee-cars with with decorations beyond imagination especially in the city center. Some are very basic, but lots of them are equipped with fantastic... 

 2 Reviews  I stayed in Bahia from 16th until 25th June (S. Joao). Everywhere you could hear "forro", and in the night there are forro bands all over. You´ll have to learn and dance it (and very close one each... 

 3 Reviews  To understand a little bit more Salvador and its 'povo', please read something about Orisha, Condomblè and the slevary before visiting this palce..... Like Capoeira Orisha was the answer of the... 

 ValbyDK Says:  I got this good luck wristband in the old city of Salvador. It is supposed to grant wishes and protects. I got mine from a street vendor who didn’t have any... 

 Zarasher Says:  If someone can get triple the price for an item from you, they will. I bought two paintings for 305 for the pair, after originally being told 280 each. It did... 

 ludogatto Says:  Everybody wear flip flop, from the most expensived fashion brand, but the most of all buy Havaianas or Dupè in the supermarket...u can find towsend of colors,... 

 Kittelite Says:  If you go to Salvador for the first time, you will surely wonder what the boys with the big bowls on the shoulders are selling... This is PEANUTS!! Fresh... 

 msp_ssa Says:  If you have a grasp of Portuguese, or even Spanish to some degree, you can get an idea of what life is like in Salvador from its local papers. There's access on... 

 Andreas_Fran Says:  A great novelist whose stories of life in the Brazilian northeast won international acclaim.Amado became a journalist in 1930, and his literary career... 

 andal13 Says:  "Captains of Sand" is the title of a novel by Jorge Amado, the most important and famous of Bahian writers. This novel shows the life of the Bahian children... 

 andal13 Says:  There are many fishermen that still use ancient methods; the picture shows some fishermen at Ilha da Mare.Hay muchos pescadores que aún utilizan métodos... 

 msp_ssa Says:  You don't have to tip too much in Salvador. In fact in some small restaurants the waiter might even look at you funny if you try to leave a tip. It doesn't hurt... 

 msp_ssa Says:  If you don't have the heart to say no to a begging child in the street it might be better to give him or her something other than money. One friend of mine used... 

 noelle-on-tour Says:  Great smiles is always welcome, in the restaurant they work very hard to please you so don't forget to leave them tips, they treat you like king. 

 acemj Says:  The public phones come in all kinds of interesting shapes and colors. This one is a coconut, but you'll see all kinds of Brazilian themed phones.