Salvador, Bahia

This is a gallery of our favorite photographs from Salvador, Bahia. Enjoy! For more on this fabulous city, check out Didara, Afro-Brazilian Textiles by Goya Lopes, IlΩ AiyΩ, Didß Banda Feminina, Coisas da Terra and Pottery from Bahia. The city of Salvador has a very cool Web site!

Other great links are the online magazine BahiaBeat and the Music of Bahia Page. If you'd like to go to Salvador to learn Portuguese, check out the Dißlogo Institute Web site.

Berimbau-shaped Public Phone.  Copyright Sheila Thomson.  All rights reserved.
Public phone near Bonfim church. It's a berimbau!
Coconut-shaped Public Phone.  Copyright Sheila Thomson.  All rights reserved.
Coconut-shaped public phone in Pelourinho.
Dancing to Ile.  Copyright Sheila Thomson.  All rights reserved. Dancing to Ile Too.  Copyright Sheila Thomson.  All rights reserved.

Dancing to IlΩ AiyΩ drums.

Medidas do Bonfim and Berimbau.  Copyright Sheila Thomson.  All rights reserved.

Berimbau and Medidas do Bonfim in Pelourinho.

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