When Brazilian fashion designer Rogeria Ferreira was told to remove the turban she wears as a member of the African-inspired Candomble religion for an ID picture, she decided to fight back: the turban ...
Marriages celebrated under Umbanda and Candomblé religious rites are now officially recognized in the Brazilian State of Rio ...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Unlike her compatriots, Rita de Cassia Marciano doesn’t get too stressed out during Brazil’s World Cup matches. She knows Brazil is going to win its sixth title: The gods told ...
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 ...
1 of 7 — At a sacred festival day in Sao Paulo, men possessed by orixas — spirits of the gods — dance before getting dressed in orixas costume. They are participating in an Olubaje party, a Candombl é ...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s biggest pop star, Anitta, has released a music video depicting rituals of the Afro-Brazilian faith Candomble, sparking controversy in a country where religious ...
Soccer star Paulinho becomes torchbearer in Brazil for his sometimes-persecuted Afro-Brazilian faith
LAGOA SANTA, Brazil (AP) — When Brazilian soccer player Paulinho scored a goal at the Tokyo Olympics, he celebrated by pointing an imaginary arrow at the flashing cameras as homage to a deity in his ...
According to Gilson Ferreira dos Santos, a Pai de Santo in Candomble, the Brazilian religion with African roots, he is the link between the spiritual world and According to Gilson Ferreira dos Santos, ...
Candomblé, an Afro-Brazilian religion, has been widely practiced by people of African descent in Brazil but mostly in secret — until now. After... Brazilian Believers Of Hidden Religion Step Out Of ...
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