Bahian Carnival

thumb|Woman characterized as a "baiana", costume derived from connections to the predominant African culture in Bahia. |272x272pxAxé () is a popular music genre that originated in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil in the 1980s, fusing different Afro-Caribbean genres, such as marcha, reggae, and calypso. It also includes influences of Brazilian music such as frevo, forró and carixada. The word Axé comes from the Yoruba term àṣẹ, meaning "soul, light, spirit or good vibrations". Axé is present in the Candomblé religion, as "the imagined spiritual power and energy bestowed upon practitioners by the pantheo

annual festival in Salvador, Brazil

Brazilian carnival float; kind of truck or float equipped with a high-power sound system and a stage for music performance on the top