* Candomblé Jeje initiation Vodunsis, come into trance with Vodun.

It is distinct from the various traditional animistic religions in the interiors of these same countries and is the main origin for religions of similar name found among the African Diaspora in the New World such as Haitian Vodou, the Vudu of Puerto Rico, Candomblé Jejé in Brazil ( which uses the term Vodum ), Louisiana Voodoo and Santería in Cuba and the Dominican Republic.

In the religious tradition of the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé, Ogum ( as this Yoruba divinity is known in the Portuguese language ) is often identified with Saint George, for example in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Shango is venerated in Haitian Vodou, as a god of thunder and weather ; in Brazilian Candomblé Ketu ( under the name Xangô ).

She is worshipped also in Brazilian Candomblé Ketu, with the name spelled Oxum.

In Brazil, in Candomblé, she is generally saluted with the phrase " Èpa heyi!

The goddess is known as Yemanjá, Iemanjá or Janaína in Brazilian Candomblé and Umbanda religions.

Èṣù is involved within the Orisha-Ifá system of Yorùbá religion as well as in African diasporic faiths like Santería / Lukumi and Candomblé developed by the descendants of enslaved West Africans in the Americas, where Èṣù was and is still sometimes identified with Anthony of Padua, Saint Michael or Santo Niño de Atocha, depending on the situation or location.

* Exu de Quimbanda: The Exu who is the messenger of the deities in Candomblé is not Exu de Quimbanda.

While the Exu de Candomblé is an Orisha, the Exu of Quimbanda is like a Lordly or Kingly Spirit, and unlike the Candomblé Orishas, he can be " bought " or " controlled " by the Quimbanda practitioner to go and do many sorts of deeds, while the Candomblé Exu must only be petitioned.

Exu de Quimbanda is a Nkuru, a spirit of the forest, while Exu of Candomblé is a universal elemental spirit, the spirit of the crossroads and the divine messenger.

This religion has found its way throughout the world and is now expressed in practices as varied as Candomblé, Lucumí / Santería, Shango in Trinidad, Anago and Oyotunji, as well as in some aspects of Umbanda, Winti, Obeah, Vodun and a host of others.

Afoxê is a kind of religious music, part of the Candomblé tradition.

Not to be confused with the above, this is the local variant of the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé.

Sambe de roda (" Samba of roda ") is a traditional Afro-Brazilian dance performed originally as informal fun after a Candomblé ceremony, using the same percussion instruments used during the religious ceremony.

Although it has been developed along a predominantly Catholic social matrix, both because of colonization and immigration-even today the majority of Manauenses is Catholic, one can find dozens of different Protestant denominations in the city, as well as the practice of Judaism, Candomblé, Islam and spiritualism, among others.

Although syncretism still seems to be prevalent, in recent years the lessening of religious and racial prejudices has given rise to a " traditionalist " movement in Candomblé, that rejects the Christian elements and seeks to recreate a " pure " cult based exclusively in Africa.

* Yoruba ( known as Lucumi in Cuba ), the language of the Yoruba people, brought to the New World by African slaves, and preserved in Santería, Candomblé, and other transplanted African religions.

Candomblé, Umbanda, Batuque, Xango, and Tambor de Mina, were originally brought by black slaves shipped from Africa to Brazil.

They are played in a similar manner to the Atabaque, another hand drum a version of which had been brought to Brazil in slavery and is used in Candomblé rituals.

Capoeira and Candomblé: Conformity and Resistance in Brazil.

He received the title of Doctor honoris causa from several Universities in Brazil, Portugal, Italy, Israel and France, as well as other honors in almost every South American country, including Obá de Xangô ( santoon ) of the Candomblé, the traditional Afro-Brazilian religion of Bahia.

Candomblé () is an African-originated or Afro-Brazilian religion, practiced mainly in Brazil by the " povo do santo " ( saint people ).

Although Candomblé is practiced primarily in Brazil, it is also practiced in other countries in the Americas, including Uruguay, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama ; and in Europe in Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

Candomblé can also be distinguished from Umbanda, a religion founded in the early 20th century by combining African elements with Kardecism ; and from similar African-derived religions such as Quimbanda, Haitian Vodou, Cuban Santería, and Obeah, which developed independently of Candomblé and are virtually unknown in Brazil.

There is also an Islamic-linked sect within Candomblé which was more common during the slave days in Brazil.

" Candomblé in Nineteenth-Century Bahia: Priests, Followers, Clients " in Rethinking the African Diaspora: The Making of a Black Atlantic World in the Bight of Benin and Brazil Mann, Kristina and Bay, Edna G. Ed.

Candomblé Ketu ' ( or Queto in Portuguese spelling ) is the largest and most influential nation ( sect ) of Candomblé, a religion widely practiced in Brazil.

In Candomblé Ketu these local deities were combined into a single pantheon and can be worshipped at any temple throughout Brazil.

Bantu, also called Batuque or Angola, is one of the major sects ( nations ) of Candomblé, an African faith tradition practiced in Brazil.

After studying the Yoruba culture and its influences in Brazil, Verger became an initiated of the Candomblé religion, and officiated at its rituals.

Founded in the early 19th century as a Church-sponsored beneficent Sisterhood for female African slaves and former slaves, it became one of the oldest and most respected worship groups for Candomblé, the major African-based religion in Brazil.

In time the Sisterhood has lessened its connection to the Catholic Church and has become a landmark of Candomblé, the main African-based religion of Brazil.

This influence also resonates from other spiritual Saharan groups such as the Bori in Nigeria, the Stambouli in Tunisia, the Sambani in Libya, the Bilali in Algeria and those outside Africa such as the Voodoo religion or the Candomblé in Brazil.

Forms of West African cowrie-shell divination are found in Brazil, Cuba, and Puerto Rico where they play an important role in religions like Candomblé and Santeria.

Candomblé is an Afro-American religion widely practised in Brazil.

In Brazil Congo religions are known as Umbanda, Quimbanda, Candomblé de Congo, or Condomble de Angola.

In Brazil, the twin saints are regarded as protectors of children, and September 27 is commemorated, especially in Rio de Janeiro, by giving children bags of candy with the saints ' effigy printed on them and throughout the entire state of Bahia where Catholics and adepts of Candomblé religion offer typical food such as carurú.

The Candomblé ritual has two parts: the preparation, attended only by priests and initiates, which may start a week in advance ; and a festive public " mass " and banquet that starts in the late evening and ends around midnight.

Most Candomblé houses are small, independently owned and managed by the respective higher priests ( female mãe-de-santo or male pai-de-santo ).

In most Candomblé houses, especially the larger ones, the head of the family is always a woman, the mãe-de-santo or ialorixá ( mother-of-saint ), seconded by the pai-de-santo or babalorixá ( father-of-saint ).

Although bossa nova was the prevailing sound of the times, the partnership Baden-Vinicius wanted to transcend the then-fashionable sound by syncretizing Afro-Brazilian forms such as Candomblé, Umbanda and Capoeira with Rio de Janeiro's Samba forms.