Anyone visiting Salvador de Bahia will immediately discover why the state is called "the land of happiness".

There are too many remarkable things to list them all: cities fringed by beaches, vast coconut plantations, majestic mountain ranges.

The local exuberance is expressed in an unbelievably rich folklore, which includes capoeira, candomblé and samba-reggae. Salvador is also the land of the endless carnival.It is affectionately said that "When Bahians are not actually participating in a festival they are rehearsing for one."