Da demonização colonial à vitória na avenida: como orixás e entidades da umbanda viraram protagonistas da festa popular ...
Dar de graça o que de graça receber com humildade, caridade e fé. Esse é o lema da umbanda, religião brasileira que mistura vários elementos do cristianismo, do espiritismo e de cultos africanos. Sem ...
"Brasil, ame-o ou deixe". O lema da ditadura militar e o desejo de construir uma "identidade nacional" aproximaram militares da única religião que nasceu no Brasil, a Umbanda. O Candomblé, religião ...
Como estabelecer diferenças entre aquilo que parece igual? Como contrariar o senso comum? Desvendar a religiosidade afro-brasileira é uma forma de demonstrar a diversidade cultural que o povo negro ...
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 ...
A mounted knight is displayed on the altar in Rita Coccaro's home. Penn State University/MCT Rita Coccaro is the high priestess of the Umbanda Temple of Caboclo Virgin Forest, if “temple” is not too ...
Traditions that combined African beliefs and practices, which initially were brought to the Caribbean and South America by African slaves, with religious beliefs and practices that were native to the ...
A Candomble African-Brazilian religion disciple dances in trance in Sao Paulo, Brazil on April 27, 2013. Despite lingering prejudice and intolerance, Candomble is attracting a growing number of ...
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Spiritual cleansing ritual by Afro-Brazilian ahead of Rio carnival
In a vibrant prelude to Carnival, followers of Afro-Brazilian religions performed a sweeping cleansing ritual at Rio de ...
According to the Map of religions, recently published by the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), the number of people who declared themselves to be umbandistas represents 0.23% of Brazil’s population. In ...
Every year, followers of the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé and Umbanda religions gather on beaches in Latin America to pay tribute to Iemanja, the queen of the sea. Originally from the Yoruba people of ...
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