Wearing their traditional full skirts and turbans, bahianas (women from Bahia) enjoy a party at the foot of the lighthouse. Children romp and play while their mothers watch, and one woman sells sweets from a tray. Women are an important theme for Dera, who celebrates Brazilian culture in every painting. I represent women's strength in the work force and in Afro-Brazilian cultural festivities, she says. Titled Festa no farol in Portuguese.
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