Practitioners of Candomblé believe in one all powerful God called Oludumaré who is served by lesser deities. Practitioners of Candomblé believe in one all powerful God called Oludumaré who is served ...

Practitioners of Candomblé believe in one all powerful God, Oludumaré, who is served by lesser deities called orixas. Candomblé practitioners believe that every person has their own individual orixa ...

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 ...

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 ...

For a century, more than 519 sacred objects from the Umbanda and Candomblé—two religions with African origins—were in the possession of Brazil police. This possession and the fight to return these ...