Bahia's Independence

Since 1824, Bahians have marked independence with a popular festival that contrasts sharply with the official commemoration of Brazil''s independence on 7 September. The Dois de Julho (2 July) festival celebrates the day the Portuguese troops were expelled from Salvador in 1823, the culmination of a year-long war that gave independence a radical meaning in Bahia. Bahia''s Independence traces the h...