Bahia
Proper noun
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Bahia
A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Salvador
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According to archaeological evidence and Spanish chronicles the civilization existed from Bahia de Caraquez to Cerro de Hojas in the south.
Almirante Irizar was an icebreaker, Bahia Paraiso was an Antarctic supply transport and Puerto Deseado was a survey ship.
Authorities in the Brazilian state of Bahia are searching for an off-duty cop (pictured left in orange shorts) who reportedly fired into a crowd of carnival spectators Monday.
It was the townhouse of Sidi Said, brother to Grand Vizier Bow Ahmad, and was constructed at the same time as Ahmad's own Palace De La Bahia.
In that year she appeared in the film Banana-da-Terra, where she wore a glamorized version of the traditional costume of a poor black girl of Bahia : flowing dress and fruit-hat turban.
Early styles of samba - and specifically samba de roda - are traced back to the Recôncavo region of Bahia during the 17th century, and the informal dancing following a candomblé ceremony.