orpheus10,
Thanks for sharing the link to that movie. I had heard of the runaway slave towns but never that particular person.
And you are correct, the culture in Salvador Bahia is so unique/diverse. I will tell you this, and your might wonder how, but there is absolutely no racism in Salvador Bahia. Percentage wise, I would say its 35% African Brazilians, 35% Portuguese Brazilians, and 30% mix of the first 2, called mulattos.
There exists no racism from either of the 2 dominant races towards each other, The African Brazilians seem to have no lingering bitterness from the slavery era and the Portuguese Brazilians get along with them fine. Hence the high percentage of mulattos. Their are many Mulatta woman who can, IMHO, take there place as some of the most beautiful in the world.
The only prejudice that exists is between the Native European Portuguese whos still live in Portugal and consider all Brazilians "below" them. Of course the Portuguese dialect differs.
Did you know that the main language spoken in the state of Angola in Africa is Portuguese. That came about because of the Portuguese "slave hub port" on the coast of Angola where the Portuguese would pay coastal natives to go inland and capture inland native people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6IG-CZW5N8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KpIV57PSeo&t=1088shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlI5eTr5a-0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJkxFhFRFDAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgQLOSpG4EMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrZBiqK0p9Ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeBDoNBNMro
