The Discover.Travel Group offers special travel packages in June for tourists to experience the annual Sao Joao festival celebrations in Northeastern Brazil. The festival commemorates three Catholic saints and involves bonfires, dancing, music, fireworks, and local foods and drinks. The Discover.Travel Group recommends experiencing the traditions in towns like Cachoeira and Lençois, and provides insider tips and expert recommendations to help travelers fully enjoy the festivities through their luxury online travel company.

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Indulge into Brazil’s Colorful Sao Joao
Festivities with the Discover.Travel Group’s
Special Travel Packages in June
In June, Northeastern Brazil celebrates Sao Joao with local food, enthusiastic folk dances and unique
local traditions. The Discover.Travel Group
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, May 8th 2009 --- The Discover.Travel Group’s special Sao Joao travel packages
give travelers the opportunity to have a travel experience with a unique insight into Northeast Brazilian
culture and customs.
The São João Festival in June is commemorated throughout the state of Bahia, Brazil, with bonfires,
fireworks, Forró music and square dancing as well as copious amounts of liquors and local delicacies.
The devotion to the three saints Saint Antonio, Saint Joao and Saint Pedro was introduced to Bahia by
Portuguese Jesuit priests during the colonial period. These lively celebrations are still enjoyed today. A
popular saying is that "Christmas is best celebrated at home and São João is best in the corral," in other
words, best in the small villages and townships in the interior of the state, where thousands of people
go to take advantage of the festivities. The Discover.Travel Group recommends Cachoeira in the so-
called Reconcavo, at an hour`s drive from Bahia`s capital Salvador, or Lençois in the Chapada
Diamantina, a national park famous for its scenic high plateaus and canyons and beautiful waterfalls and
caves. In these towns, the São João Festival most traditionally celebrated with Forró music and 3-person
bands called trios, typical of the Brazilian Northeast. Often here is also an open market where liquor and
local fare are sold. Local groups present their “Quadrilha” Dance Shows which tell traditional stories in a

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comical way. The exciting "war of the swords" - a type of fireworks - attracts tourists to the São João
festivals in Cruz das Almas and Senhor do Bonfim.
Further North, up to the state of Maranhao and in its capital Sao Luis, the tradition of Bumba-meu-Boi
adds further diversity to the celebrations.
The Discover.Travel Group, with Specialized Travel Consultants based in Salvador in the center of where
Sao Joao traditions are celebrated, gives insider tips and first class recommendations, making sure that
travelers booking their travels to Brazil with this luxury online travel company don’t miss out but
experience the best of the festivities.
For further information on travel destinations, services, hotels and contact with a specialized travel
consultant please visit the Discover.Travel Group’s websites www.Discover.Travel,
www.DiscoverBrazil.com, www.DiscoverSouthAmerica.Travel and www.DiscoverCentralAmerica.Travel.
Recent accomplishments by Intelligent Leisure Solutions and the Discover.Travel Group:
• 2008 Ulysses Award for Innovation in Tourism Enterprises from the UNWTO (United Nations World
Tourism Organization),
• World Travel Award 2008 for South America’s Leading Travel Management Company,
• World Travel Award 2008 for Central America’s Leading Travel Agency,
• Managing Partner Robert Phillips was elected ASTA Chapter President for Brazil.
• Selected by the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism as an Affiliate Member of the United Nations World
Tourism Organization.
• Authenticated by the Tralliance Corporation and the .Travel Registry.
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