Brazil holidays: Where to go
Visiting native Indians in Porto Seguro - Bahia (BA)- Brazil

Inside of Pascoal Mount Park National is the pataxó village of Barra Velha, a tourist point very appreciated by foreigners tourists, who demonstrate much interest for the life of the natives and the housings constructed with wood and soil, but of inversely proportional prestige between the Brazilians.

Walking for the village provides surprise in people little accustomed to leave the city. For example: how many times you saw a pineapple foot - Is that already it saw one? There they exist to mounts, spread for the soil, that has a different sand here, white and black and sufficiently thin. If you are with slippers, your foot will be dirty, but it doesn't matter, therefore Caraíva eliminates the will to use any type of footwear.



Inside of the village a cultural center exists, where the young learns and cultivates the traditions and carries through presentations special for the tourists (R$ 15 for person). The show includes music and dances, with a space for the participation of the visitors. Later, a delicious lunch is offered, whose menu is fish baked in banana tree leves, one paçoca of cassava with coconut and water of coconut. Detail: without no industrialized condiment.

How to arrive

The road to Caraíva; Porto Seguro, Bahia -Brazil is an adventure. 62 Km must be followed in direction to the south for the BR-101 Is little, but the conditions of the road are bad thus that Eunápolis is stops backwards. Moreover, it is not advisable to go with a common automobile. To bog in the soft sand roads is easy and an aid can delay hours to appear.