According to a decision by a Brazilian judge on April 28, 2014 Candomble and Umbanda are not to be legally considered religions in Brazil anymore. We have entered the 21 st century but prejudice and ...

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 ...

The Washington Post has an interesting article about Candomblé, the Afro-Brazilian animistic religion. Read about it after the jump. I predict that this religion will come to this country, not just ...

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 ...

Candomblé was born of a people who were taken from their homes in Africa and transplanted to Brazil during the slave trade. Candomblé is an African-Brazilian religion. It was born of a people who were ...

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 ...

Members of Brazil’s growing evangelical movement are increasingly threatening to followers of Candomblé, as the churches compete for souls and space Dressed in the traditional white robes of the ...

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 the material one. Here, he gives SI's ...