Itapoã is a neighborhood located in the western zone of Salvador, Bahia

Salvador, Bahia

Salvador is the largest city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia. Salvador is also known as Brazil's capital of happiness due to its easygoing population and countless popular outdoor parties, including its street carnival. The first...

. Mentioned in the "Beach

Beach

A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake or river. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles or cobblestones...

es" section. An interesting seaside

Seaside

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 village

Village

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 (with several alternative spellings). Acarajés from Cira (the Baiana's name), across from a square

Town square

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 that's very lively at night

Night

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. The Baiana next to Cira is not as famous, but her acarajés are great too. Itapoan runs the gamut from poor to rich, has a good beach, great barracas, and a great feira (open-air market

Market

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). It also has a lot of music

Music

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 and dancing on the weekends, both along the seafront and at the Lagoa (lagoon

Lagoon

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) de Abaeté, a few blocks away.

Itapoan is where Dona Flor (from the Jorge Amado

Jorge Amado

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 novel

Novel

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 Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands) gave up her virginity to the scoundrel who was to become her first husband. It was also home to poet/playwright/lyricist Vinícius de Moraes

Vinicius de Moraes

Marcus Vinicius de Moraes , known as Vinicius de Moraes and nicknamed O Poetinho , was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Son of Lydia Cruz de Moraes and Clodoaldo Pereira da Silva Moraes, he was a seminal figure in contemporary Brazilian music...

 for a number of years, and composer Dorival Caymmi

Dorival Caymmi

Dorival Caymmi was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter active for more than 70 years beginning in 1933...

. Vinícius, together with his collaborator Toquinho, wrote and performed an evocative hymn to the bucolic village of the time.