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Museu du Ritmo, Rua Torquato Bahia, 84
Timbalada
(Mercado do Ouro), Comércio.
Formed by Carlinhos Brown in the Candeal district of Salvador (Bahia), Timbalada represented his desire of using the timbau (a kind of drum from indigenous of candomblé religions) in an Afropop-oriented way, melting rhythms of Bahia with those of Afro-American and Afro-Caribbean origin. Also employing vocalists, the peculiar aesthetics of the group include body painting and a multitude of pop signs that play with the contrast between tribal and industrial. The Timbalada is both a band and a Carnaval bloco . After the band's success, the timbau was absorbed into every samba-reggae bateria (drum section). The group's formation demonstrated the intention of dissociating themselves from the traditional percussive blocos, aiming at a hybrid, pop outline, with three singers, sax, trumpet, trombone, keyboards, bass, guitar, drums, ten timbaus, five "marcações," one "repique," two timbales, and a kind of Afro drumset, the "percuteria."
OLODUM the unmistakable drumming of Olodum. Hundreds stand outside the door of the open courtyard, Praça Tereza Batista, where Olodum holds its yearly Tuesday night rehearsals. Olodum's second weekly rehearsal, this one free of charge, is held every Sunday night atop the slopping hill in front of the church Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Pretos, built by and for the slaves. On Tuesdays, the historic center is jam-packed with people eating, drinking and dancing. In this chaos of bodies one sound is heard:
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The Grupo Cultural Olodum was founded in 1979 by the dwellers of the Maciel-Pelourinho district of Salvador, for the purpose of providing these citizens with the right and opportunity to participate in Carnaval as an organized group or "bloco" (percussion group). Prior to this, so called "marginals": prostitutes, thieves, and Blacks were not allowed an opportunity to partake in the pre-Lenten festivities. Olodum, in its sixteenth year, has since grown from 800 to over 3,000 participants parading during Carnaval.
ENSAIO GERAL
Summer Music Festival 2nd-5th February
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Religious Festivities
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The Iemanjá Celebration is an afro-Brazilian ritual that happens every year in Rio Vermelho, Salvador da Bahia. On this day, candomblé followers, tourists and visitors put flowers and other presents in the water to celebrate the orixá of the waters. This celebration happens also in Cachoeira, where instead of putting the presents in the sea the local habit is to place them in the waters of the Paraguaçu River. Every February 2 in Salvador, Bahia, there is a celebration of the Goddess Iemanja, which involves thousands of people lining up at dawn to leave their offerings at her shrine in Rio Vermelho. Presents for Iemanja usually include flowers, perfume, and objects of female vanity. Salvador, Brazil. February 2, 2008.
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