An American we met in the city,he was working in Salvador,here he is trying a local rifle for size.
For a great day trip from Salvador, experience the fascinating city of Cachoeira. Soak in the city's unique history and colorful, mostly preserved colonial architecture. This tour also includes a visit to the town's churches - Igreja Matriz and the Ordem Terceira do Carmo.
During the Brazilian Empire, Cachoeira was Bahia's wealthiest and most populous town. While having been developed over time, its original character still remains in the houses, churches and historical buildings.
Protected by the National Institute for Historical and Artistic Heritage since 1971, Cachoeira remains one of the unique cities to display important Baroque architectural heritage in Bahia.
After crossing the colonial bridge (Ponte Dom Pedro II) over the River Paraguaçu, you'll visit São Félix. Included is a visit to a traditional cigar factory, founded in 1873.
Following on with the theme of slavery we were taking a tour out of Salvador to the city of Cachoeira in the heart of sugarcane and tobacco country and what once used to be Bahia's wealthiest and most populated towns. En route we stopped off at a little market town. Paula took us around the various market stalls to see the local fruit, palm oil, honey all of which was decanted into any container you may have brought. The kids were mesmerised by the mangrove crabs, which were strung together in groups of ten and coated in thick mud. One of Paula’s friends waved and we ambled over to his tobacco stall. Here were two enormous baskets made out of rolls of tobacco coated in molasses. He demonstrated crumbling the tobacco and making cigarettes. He also gave Ian some of his 'Viagra’ tonic (which gave Ian indigestion).
On arrival at Cachoeira we went straight to a converted convent, which is now a hotel for some lunch and then drove across the river to the cigar factory
Fynn and Root Vegetable!.
The Danneman factory came to Sao Felix in 1873. However as the work was to be done by women and the Portuguese women would not deign to lower themselves to work the work then went to the Africans. However the labour was paid and this meant the only Africans who could work here would be the freed slaves. The majority of the freed slaves were women, this is because they could sell their wares and earn money on the side to raise the money for their freedom. This city then became a popular place for freed slaves to live.
What was once a busy factory now houses a crew of about 20 women rolling cigars. We were shown how various tobacco leaves were selected for what type of cigar and then how they were rolled, then wrapped in stretchy tobacco leaves.
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