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 ...

Paulinho of Brazil´s Atletico Mineiro gives thanks after scoring during the Brasileirao championship soccer match against Botafogo at Arena MRV in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The religion of Candomblé was banned for centuries out of fear that its celebrations were associated with witchcraft. Photograph ...

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s biggest pop star, Anitta, has released a music video depicting rituals of the Afro-Brazilian faith Candomble, sparking controversy in a country where religious intolerance is ...

The English professors of Brazil. On the diasporic roots of the Yorùbá nation -- The Trans-Atlantic nation. Rethinking nations and transnationalism -- Purity and transnationalism. On the ...

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LAGOA SANTA – When Brazilian soccer player Paulinho scored a goal at the Tokyo Olympics, he celebrated by pointing an imaginary arrow at the flashing cameras as homage to a deity in his persecuted ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LAGOA SANTA, Brazil (AP) — When Brazilian ...