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OBenario

(604 posts) Wed Mar 18, 2015, 12:16 AM Mar 2015

Interesting pictures of the protests in Brazil... [View all]

Last edited Thu Mar 19, 2015, 12:24 AM - Edit history (2)

This is the city of Salvador, capital of the state of Bahia. It's called "Roma Negra" in Portuguese, or "Black Rome", for it's also the "capital" of the Afro-Brazilian culture. 3 in each 4 inhabitants of the city are blacks.

This is a popular party in Salvador:

This is carnival in Salvador:

This is a music festival in Salvador:

This was the protest held in Salvador last Sunday.

Did you notice anything?

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Interesting pictures of the protests in Brazil... [View all] OBenario Mar 2015 OP

I sure did! Marksman_91 Mar 2015 #1

And? OBenario Mar 2015 #2

Oh! So you can play the ethnicity card but I can't Marksman_91 Mar 2015 #3

Most black people didn't join the protest against the government in your pic. OBenario Mar 2015 #4

You sure that protest pic is from Bahia? Why not provide a link Bacchus4.0 Mar 2015 #5

Well, the picture can be found in hundreds of links. OBenario Mar 2015 #7

Tremendous writing. The truth comes through even with a clumsy translation to English from google. Judi Lynn Mar 2015 #9

This was the protest calling for military coup/impeachment of Dilma... OBenario Mar 2015 #6

Wow. Warpy Mar 2015 #8

I agree with you. Great photographs. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2015 #11

As we can see it was a protest from the deprived... OBenario Mar 2015 #10

The images look as if the fools are out on a clowns' holiday. They look so idle, taking selfies. Judi Lynn Mar 2015 #12

it's whiter than a Santa Catarina Oktoberfest! MisterP Mar 2015 #13