Dia 4 Eu sou da Bahia (I'm from the Bahia)

Probably one of the most memorable videos I've ever seen was today. We watched a BYU-student-made film called "I'm from the Bahia". It was a documentary on the lives of some of the artists in the Bahia. The Bahia was were I spent two years as a missionary. This experience gave me the opportunity to really get in touch with the "Baianos" or Bahian people. I never really had a chance to talk with the artisans in Bahia and this video gave me a new perspective.

Baianos are often known through-out Brazil as being lazy, passive, and primarily black. After being there for 2 years, I can tell you that the last two are true. Contrary to popular belief, most  Bahians are hard workers. The problem is that they are simple, and in the eyes of the world this automatically gains them certain other derogatory attributes.

O castelo The Castle

We visited a Ricardo and Francisco Brennan 's castle, which is now a museum full of armor, nude paintings, paintings, knives, and guns. Art and Weapons, to be concise! It was interesting to see what was used in wars   which happened centuries ago.
 I also started thinking that this would be a cool place to be if the zombie apocalypse started. Then I started thinking about the fact that there are many exits(and entries), and I have no idea what type of food storage the castle has. Anyway, it would be an iffy situation but at least I would go down fighting! This mentality helped me to find out that today there are two other members of my study abroad group, Sara and John, who watch the walking dead!!

It was a good day!