Brazil is famous the world over for throwing spectacular mass parties, and New Year’s Eve is near the top of the annual list. While the festivities on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach are justly reknowned, in many ways it’s Salvador, Bahia, that especially captures the country’s particular cultural mix. Festive yet laid-back, Reveillon on the night of December 31st particularly evokes Bahia’s Afro-Brazilian heritage of candomblé, and this year the city’s pulling out the stops as never before, with the longest (with events all this week) and most elaborate celebration, including not just the traditional offering to the sea goddess Iemanjá but also… keep reading