COLORFUL BRAZIL: Girls at Porto de Galinhas Beach (PE)

Two Girls Walking on the Beach, Porto de Galinhas (PE)

Without doubt, Porto de Galinhas is one of the most beautiful beaches in Brazil. Porto de Galinhas is located about 50 km south of Recife, the capital of the state of Pernambuco. Originally it was called Porto Rico (Rich Port), since a lot of trading activities in the northeast of Brazil happened there. Cane sugar and pau-brazil, a tropical wood type. Shiploads of slaves arrived from Africa. When slave trade was banned, the slaves were transported illegally, beneath the load of helmeted guinea-fowls, that are called galinhas d’Angola in Portuguese. When such a ship was about to arrive at the port, traders were warned that the galinhas had arrived. Therefore the name of Porto Rico gradually was changed in Porto de Galinhas.
During summer and – above all – during Carnival, this beach is visited my a huge number of Brazilian and foreign tourists.
The girls on the image probably are Brazilians, I will not be surprised that they even live near this beach.

The original picture was taken in January 2009.

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