Maimbê Dandá is one of my favorite Daniela Mercury songs; the lyrics combined with the energy with which Mercury delivers her goods sums up the passion of Brazilian culture and music. Carnaval may have ended a few days ago, but the excitement still lingers for me, even though I have not been since 2010. What I love about this video, filmed on the 11th, is how it displays the setting of Carnaval at Salvador da Bahia. The camarotes (temporary dance floors) facing over the dark expanse of the Atlantic Ocean with the crowds in the street. If you have never lived Carnaval, Salvador is the place to visit this time of year, and Daniela Mercury completes the whole intense yet sublime festivities.

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Leon Kaye

Leon Kaye is the founder and editor of GreenGoPost.com and its advisory division, GGP Media. Contact him to discuss how he can work with your organization or event. His focus is making the business case for sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR). He writes for San Francisco-based Triple Pundit, Inhabitat and now The Guardian, for which he writes about corporate responsibility, water, and green building. He has also written for AIA's Architect Magazine. Leon works out of Fresno and Silicon Valley, California, and when he has free time, he enjoys hiking, gardening, cooking, weightlifting, and planning his next trip to one of the 60 countries he has visited. He has an MBA from USC's Marshall School of Business and is also a proud graduate of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) and Cal State-Fresno.