Dance and music play essential roles in the rituals and ceremonies of candomblé (meaning “dance in honour of the gods”), a syncretic Afro-Brazilian religion practiced in South America based on a mix ...

Sylvia Camarda discovers the spirituality and dance practice of the Candomblé religion. The Luxemburgish choreographer and dancer visits the temples of Salvador to discover this syncretic belief ...

Divination is an important aspect of Candomblé worship. The priest or priestess casts cowry shells and interprets the pattern in which they fall. Worship services used to be held in the homes of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 hollow armadillo shell, a hare pelt. The acolytes, dressed in white ...