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Another celebration... 

is Bembé do Mercado ['Schatje van de Markt']... 

each year on May 13th. 

This celebrates the slavery abolition date, a day for “Cheering Isabel”. 

Bembé do Mercado, which had its first edition in 1889, is considered the largest street Candomblé in the world, gathering more than 40 terreiros [huiskerken] from Recôncavo territory to celebrate in Mercado do Santo Amaro shed.

[bron]