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N.S. da Conceição de Praia
Largo de Canceição de Praia,
Salvador
Northeast Brazil
Brazil
Type: Religious Site
Hours: 8 amnoon and 2:30-6:30 pm daily; closed Mon.
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Salvador
Northeast Brazil
Brazil
Type: Religious Site
Hours: 8 amnoon and 2:30-6:30 pm daily; closed Mon.
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Not far from the elevator near the port you’ll see this church, which is enveloped in myth and history. Dating from the founding of Salvador, it was originally a straw tent. Its present structure was started in 1739 using prefabricated stones sent from Portugal. The stones were numbered and the quarryman in Salvador followed the guidelines sent with the stones. But things got complicated when he died and the guidelines were misplaced.
Finally, his grandson located the lost sequence and the church was finished. The church ceiling and the image of N.S. da Conceição are stunning. But it is as the starting point for the Festival of Washing that Conceição is best known. On the third Thursday in January, a large group of Baianas (Bahian women), dressed all in white and carrying flowers and pots of water on their heads, leaves this church en route to the Igreja de Nosso Senhor do Bonfim.
Nosso Senhor do Bonfim is Oxalá, the father of all the gods and goddesses. He sits on a sacred hill about five miles away near the bay. When the faithful reach the church, they proceed to wash the steps in a ritual of renewal and vitality. The church itself is typically Rococo, but its interior is Neo-Classical.
Part of the church’s status derives from the belief that it’s the site of many miracles. The “miracle room,” where extraordinary things happen, is lined with the belongings of people who experienced miracles. N.S. da Conceição is in the Largo de Canceição de Praia and N.S. do Bonfim is in the Praça do Senhor do Bonfim in Alto do Bonfim.
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