Eva

Founded in: 1982
Performs on: Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
CIRCUIT: Traditional: Campo Grande
Nº of participants: 3.000
BAND / SINGER: Banda Eva.

Block Eva started when some students gathered together at the Old Airport Road (Estrada Velha do Aeroporto) and decided to participate in the carnival. This Old Road initials form the name EVA. After that as a young bloco, with strong own opinions and original ideas it hás conquered its place in the carnival of Salvador. Eva was the one that invented the Carro de Apoio, the service truckm ,and the light Abada instead of the tiring costume. The biggest AXE (dance rhitms) music bands have performed in EVA. Durval Lellis, Ricardo Chaves, Ivete Sangalo, Daniela Mercury are only a few names that have entertained the 150.000 of people.