Articles tagged with: Religion
A Brazilian pope – maybe
Newsmagazine Época speculates this week if any Brazilian cardinal has a chance to become the next pope. Several Vaticanists interviewed for …
Day to celebrate São Sebastião, the patron saint of Rio
Enjoy this beautiful clip of “Sebastião”, sang by Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento, to celebrate the saint patron of the …
Catholic procession at the sound of sexy Brazilian song
This one was born to go viral.
The band plays “Ai se eu te pego” – a hit interpreted by Brazilian …
The day of Iemanjá, the sea orixá
These two videos were posted in honor of Iemanjá (or Yemanjá), the orixá/ goddess of the oceans in the African-Brazilian …
Ayahuasca, the Amazon religious hallucinogen, conquers the media
Ayahuasca, the psychoactive concoction of vines and other plants, is used in ritual ceremonies of a series of different groups …
6 best documentaries about Umbanda
One of the fast-growing Brazilian religions, a mix of African traditions and Catholicism, Umbanda is frequently misunderstood and despised. Check …
