Currently based in London, Ruiz draws upon her childhood experiences in Caracas, Venezuela, and her relationship with the ...

A practitioner of the Afro-Brazilian religion Umbanda raises her hands while cleaning the spirit of another worshipper in Rio de Janeiro. Jack Chang / MCT RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Before the ...

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

The faithful of Umbanda, a religion that was born in Brazil, always perform rituals of spiritual protection as part of the pre-Carnival traditions.

On this edition of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sits down with author, artist, and anthropologist Dr. Umi Vaughan to ...

The religious peculiarity of umbanda, says the author, which is neither African nor Christian, may be its expression of a striking cultural heritage that is worthy of the Brazilian social reality. It ...

Devotees in Brazil take part in the "temple on the way to peace" Umbanda religious ceremony as part of a year-end arrival tradition. The ceremony was observed at Urca beach in Rio de ...

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