Thursday, February 26, 2009

Carnaval 2009, Bahian women



Here is a sampling of the typical   
 dance from Bahia, roda da samba... for Carnaval, the samba schools always have a group of older women dressed in a typical bahian dress, albeit a bit fancier 

since they are dressing for the championship.  They twirls around and around with their beautiful skirts 
and remind me of a whirling top!
Enjoy these fotos from a few of the schools....

4 comments:

Beverlydru said...

All that bootie shaking looks like really good exercise! LOL. Quite an extravaganza! Sounds like a lot more fun than Mardi Gras which
has gotten totally sordid. Now shooting this year. : (

Gabriela said...

Those are my favorite-the little old ladies in the huge dresses!

BLOGitse said...

i love the colors!

got your hint - how about planning our own money 'thing' and surprise Mytho & Scriber?

Any ideas?

Stephanie said...

all i can say is WOW...and I dont know how they do that!! But she is definitely good! All the costumes and the colors look so pretty and bright!