According to the religion's folklore, Umbanda took off after a teenager near Rio de Janeiro was possessed by an indigenous spirit known as the Caboclo das Sete Encruzilhadas, or the Indian of ...

Pessoa said Umbanda and Candomble followers – victims of 97 percent of religious-intolerance crimes, he estimates – had faced discrimination since slavery times.

The religion was founded, as was the first umbanda terreiro, both of which were officially recognized from then on. A recent religion, it developed in the 1920’s, when Kardecists from the middle class ...

Pessoa said Umbanda and Candomble followers – victims of 97 percent of religious-intolerance crimes, he estimates – had faced discrimination since slavery times.