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Umbanda. Brasil, 2009

Umbanda is apart from Candomblé the most popular afro-indigenous religion in Brasil with around 432 thousand followers in Brasil.

Followers of the Umbanda religion, which combines christian, african, buddhist and cabalistic elements are celebrating a ceremony in honour of goodhood Xango and female goddess Maria Padilha in Rio de Janeiro. With the sound of drums, chants and prayers the participants go into trance and thus become a medium for ghosts who transmit messages through them. Umbanda is apart from Candomblé the most popular afro-indigenous religion in Brasil.