#SoManyReasonsToSmile2020 "The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences." Back in 2010, I travelled to Brazil with two friends from Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada). We spent quite some time exploring what I still consider one of the most vibrant countries in the world. Our journey began in Salvador, Bahia where one of my cousins lived at the time. Salvadors' Afro-Brazilian culture completely won me over. Its architecture, its music, its dancing and its cuisine was all so fascinating to me. Our visits to the Church of Nosso Senhor do Bonfim, to Mercado Modelo and the Historic Center known as Pelourinho showed us that Salvador was full of history. While travelling through the streets, we often came across some wonderful performances. Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines elements of