The spotlight in the celebration is if the actions from the church are washed by about 200 baianas dressed in character who, from their "quartinhas" - pots that they have on their shoulders - pour water onto the actions and to the church atrium, to the seem of clapping, drumming and chants of African origin. The function commenced in 1773, in the

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