Casa da Mãe

Casa da Mãe

From: Salvador, Bahia, Brasil.
Style: mpb, samba, chula, bossa nova
E-mail: casadamae@casadamae.com


Where: Casa da Mãe (Mother's House), the mother here being Yemanjá, Yoruban goddess of the sea. Casa da Mãe sits right across the street from the beach where on every February 2nd Yemanjá's offerings are taken out to be left floating on the ocean.

What: A cultural space/restaurant/bar devoted to music, with a special emphasis on the music and arts of the Recôncavo.

What Time: Open from 1 p.m to 2 a.m. or so Fridays through Saturdays, with music from 9:00 p.m., and open from 1 p.m. on Sundays, with music from 5 p.m.

Location: In Rio Vermelho, across from the Atlantic Ocean and the casa do peso (weighing house) of the local fishermen, at Rua Guedes Cabral, 81 (some 50 meters up the coastal road from the Largo de Santana and easier to find than it sounds).

Cover: 5 reais during the hours that music is being played, lots of times they don't charge anything though.

Notes: A very cool place -- a house across from the water in Rio Vermelho -- converted into a restaurant/bar and run as a part of NGO Roda Baiana by a group of young people from Santo Amaro. Casa da Mãe is a dancing-in-the-aisles type of place.