foreign
very lucky today because in fact our very first day in Salvador Bahia is
at the same time as a once a year and also very unique religious celebration so we're
just headed up here right now towards a very beautiful Church where the special ceremony
of stair cleaning is taking place so obviously this many people gathered
for some stairs being cleaned it's very unique and we're hoping to learn more although to be
honest I'm not sure how close we will get because everybody in Bahia is here today
hundreds of thousands of people so I'm not sure we'll see the stairs being cleaned but
in the end we will learn more and let you know what's going on here let's go for an adventure
yes
all right everybody we tried to get upload with the stair cleaning process but honestly it's not
going to happen there's too many people you guys can probably hear helicopters which are
making video we need brains with televisions on them people everywhere taking selfies this is
in fact the second largest celebration of the year here in Salvador with car
Ney the first you'll have to interrupt the Channel 6 News doing their broadcast right over our heads
what a party so what we've learned is they are honoring the statue of the crucified Jesus the
church name is bonfing which means the so being crucified not exactly a good ending
but Jesus did die for our sins wow what nobody really knows the old why they're cleaning the
steps or how it started but it has come to symbolize like cleansing that's right like
Jesus died for your sins your soul is cleansed and in this way there's some synchronicity from
Catholicism in tendonbre which is a traditional African religion that's everything we've learned
and honestly I'm getting hot and crowded I feel like I'm having a mini heart attack people will
go search for some food or some cold drinks and so to enjoy Salvador it is our first day
after all yes all right there you have it let's go guys maybe we'll Venture down here somewhere
a pen
so this is actually two times you have to tie it tie it he said Canada
okay I don't know we're learning we're learning that's very funny
I'm not sure what connected means look like a pen he was in Canada maybe this is a caneta
but in the end he's pointing to his forearm so I thought he was saying Canada Canada like
you're from Canada no and I was like yeah Canada and he's like okay we learned something about
these ribbons so there are lots of colorful ribbons the idea is to tie it on your wrist
make a knot three times and you make three wishes one wish for each knot okay
good good good yeah yes when uh when they fall off
when this ribbon fall off my wish my wishes will come true
okay so you're gonna have it on for some weeks cool or maybe we'll fall off
today and my wish will come true ah okay hey first day in Salvador already got a souvenir
all right
which is entirely closed and full of people wearing white clothes so the idea is before the
stairs were being cleaned there was a crucifixion of Jesus statue carried eight kilometers along
this particular stretch of road and for this reason every every Salvador comes out here and
parties in white which is the color of Purity or cleansing sort of in line with the ceremony
my Brazil likes to have Street parties with music and dancing all the time and yet all
of my Brazilian friends say invalia that's the place where they have music and Street parties and
dancing all the time so from this Gringo's eyes all of Brazil is doing it but maybe uh Bahia is
especially doing it even more so for that reason we're very excited to be in Bahia because as you
can see it goes on and on and on and everybody is out and about and what I really love is
seen lots of police and military police and I feel pretty safe so from my perspective in
terms of first impressions of Salvador so far more very good wow oh check it out up
here we've got music here but we've also got uh some sort of Carnival type float
maybe a truck with people on top oh my gosh it's a real Street party it's a real Street
party guys I don't think in Canada they've ever had a party like this in the history of Canada
come on
I'll show you
all right so a little taste of Carnival there with the dancing in the music and if you notice
somebody actually put some perfume on your hands smell really good what's the fragrance like flour
flowers yes and the idea is this is related to the Purity and the cleansing smelling Goods
I'm not sure you guys can correct me I'm not 100 percent sure but that's the idea
foreign
we're trying to get out but we can't move yeah we can't move very slowly the technique
seems to be if you're in a group of people you put your hands on the shoulders of the
person in front of you you make a chain and you just shove your way into the ground yeah
So Pro tip come early that experience but the later into the afternoon crazy Wicked
crowded crazy great oh we're trying to move and it's we're stuck we're stuck
all right guys we made it
I can't breathe again I tell you what this type of street party I absolutely love this is a perfect
crowdedness for the street party but when it's like this and everyone's touching you it's uh
it's not my favorite yes that's on the Mac Street that's on the next street there seems to be one
main strip where it's very crowded now Ivana and I are still looking for where to spend Carnival
right we're not sure where we will be for Carnival I'm not convinced I can handle Bahia Carnival it's
gonna be hours and hours of this yes we only spent an hour so far here yeah about an hour Pro tip
would become early because the morning was very nice and then once 10 11 turns at 12 absolutely
packed that being said very nice experience we are super excited to be here in Salvador
we weren't even planning on coming today we just heard about this event once a year nice surprise
so there you have it guys thanks for watching and we'll see you in the next one um good party
yes I love it one of the best first days in a new spot yes true very crowded unlike that part but
the culture here very unique culture by the way it seems right to have two religions views
together seems like it's a good way for society to move forward you know kind of admirable what
Bahia is up to with these two things happening because there's a natural thing a human does
which is I'm right and you're wrong so if we go together we're both rights especially in my young
years even though people are off at the religion like Christian or Catholic they still have this
superstitious belief uh African religion like the gods and goddess buddies still believe in Jesus
so it's interesting I support it I am interested
to learn more about it me too okay thanks for watching later skaters