Candomblé is a Brazilian religion that originated in West Africa and was brought to Brazil by enslaved Africans. The religion blends elements of African traditional religions with elements of ...
A brief overview of Candomblé, its origins in African beliefs and its colourful worship. Candomblé is a religion based on African beliefs which is particularly popular in Brazil. It is also practised ...
Amid chanting and drumming, a crowd gathers in Sao Paulo and waits for the gods to come to them from the spirit world. They are celebrating a sacred festival day in honor of Omulu, a deity of life and ...
SALVADOR, Brazil – Forty-five minutes outside the downtown cobblestone squares choked with tourists and a world away from the World Cup, up a hill above the ocean and down a dirt road, there is a ...
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). As my eyes adjust to the half-light, I discern through a veil of incense a line-up of objects fixed to the temple wall: axe heads, a ...
When the 10.8 million African slaves disembarked from the hell-hole of the slave ships of the Middle Passage, they discovered that they had not sailed alone. In spite of the horrendous conditions ...
Just climb a hundred steps and you will enter a house in a white-painted building situated in a slum in the city of Salvador, in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Salvador, the centre of the Candomble ...
The fight for the historical reparation of objects of religions of African origin is entering a new phase. By determination of the Institute for National Historic and Artistic Heritage (Iphan), the ...
Marriages celebrated under Umbanda and Candomblé religious rites are now officially recognized in the Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro as per Law 11.058/25, penned by legislator Átila Nunes of the ...
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