Inside a dark room, a priest peers over a solitary candle in a corner, dressed in white robes. Someone brings in a gigantic basket of colourful fruits and places it on a table. The atmosphere is one ...

A Candomble African-Brazilian religion disciple dances in trance in Sao Paulo, Brazil on April 27, 2013. Despite lingering prejudice and intolerance, Candomble is attracting a growing number of ...

Roderick Steel describes his initiation and how he first came to Candomblé. Like many people who eventually found their spiritual home in candomblé I was drawn to it by a deep respect and fascination ...

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 ...

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