🇧🇷 SALVADOR | BRAZIL | 4K | A bikevlog through Brazil's first capital

When the Brazilian carnival comes to mind, the first city you think of is probably Rio de Janeiro. Did you know that Salvador's carnival competes side by side with Rio's for the most famous and popular?
Salvador is the fifth largest Brazilian city with about 2.5 million inhabitants. It's the capital of the state of Bahia and is said to be the most African city outside Africa. Culturally very rich and influential, capoeira, which is increasingly gaining popularity worldwide, was born here! Religions such as candomblé and umbanda, practiced to this day, were brought by slaves at the time of Portuguese colonization. The Brazilian tradition of jumping over 7 sea waves on the New Year's Eve is to honor the Umbanda's 7 orixás (gods). The most famous among them is Iemanjá (Goddess of the Sea).
Foods such as acarajé, vatapá, bobó de camarao are famous and consumed throughout the country.
The city is historically very rich, having been the first capital of Brazil, later replaced by Rio de Janeiro. The first Portuguese settlers arrived in Brazil by the coast of Bahia, more precisely in the city of Porto Seguro 700 km south of Salvador.
The musical style axé music was born in Bahia and was one of the most popular rhythms in Brazil during the 90s and 2000s, with artists such as Ivete Sangalo, Netinho, Terrasamba, É o tchan among others.