Salvador, Bahia, Brazil https://journals.worldnomads.com/ileana1984/ Thu, 9 Apr 2026 20:15:25 GMT World Nomads Adventures I went to Salvador Bahía in Brazil one year ago and I discovered a wonderful place full of rituals, traditions and a huge black population. The city has an old area almost in danger of collapse where poor people live anyway and a new one less characteristic. This contrast is really amazing. Also, I saw the "bahianas", I was lucky and I got a picture where they weren´t smiling, because they are always smiling waiting for the tourists. Then I went to a poor neighborhood and I saw all the lights in the evening trough the window. It was very nice moment, because all the people are great. I love photography and I would like to become a proffesional photographer some day, that´s way I think this could be a once in a life opportunity and could change my life forever. Finally I love nature and animals. At the same time as I have african descendant family in Brazil, I feel really close to these communities. That´s why one of my dreams is to visit Africa. Some day, some how... https://journals.worldnomads.com/ileana1984/photos/31130/Brazil/My-Photo-scholarship-2011-entry Travel Brazil ileana1984 https://journals.worldnomads.com/ileana1984/photos/31130/Brazil/My-Photo-scholarship-2011-entry#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/ileana1984/photos/31130/Brazil/My-Photo-scholarship-2011-entry Fri, 4 Nov 2011 00:39:53 GMT 0 I have been working in the Cape Verdean community in Dock Sud, a neighborhood close to La Boca in Buenos Aires, Argentina I was interested in this topic from the beginning because black population in Argentina is almost zero. It is for this reason that people are very surprised when they see a black person. And even more when they discover they are not foreigners, but Argentine. Cape Verdean descendants try to keep their African traditions: they dance "mornas" and african music, they listen to Cesaria Evora´s music, they eat "Cachupa", typical Cape Verdean food, etc. They live with the dichotomy of being neither African nor Argentine, with the melancholy of always being far. https://journals.worldnomads.com/ileana1984/photos/23663/Argentina/Cape-Verdean-community-in-La-Boca-Buenos-Aires Travel Argentina ileana1984 https://journals.worldnomads.com/ileana1984/photos/23663/Argentina/Cape-Verdean-community-in-La-Boca-Buenos-Aires#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/ileana1984/photos/23663/Argentina/Cape-Verdean-community-in-La-Boca-Buenos-Aires Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:14:00 GMT 0