# Washing of Bonfim

Salvador, Brazil

Salvador's great January festival, dating to 1773, blends Catholic and Candomblé devotion. Women in white wash the steps of the Bonfim church with scented water after an 8-kilometer procession from the Conceição da Praia basilica, drawing enormous crowds.

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Coordinates: -12.9172, -38.508

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