The Cabocla Jurema Umbanda Temple outside Brasilia was preparing to celebrate its 50th anniversary in January. But, on Christmas Day, it was burned to the ground and all its sacred items stolen. This ...

Elsewhere, an Umbanda priestess named Mother Fernanda -- the practitioner of another Afro-Brazilian religion -- tearfully assesses damage to her vandalized temple, where sacred items were ...

Penn State University/MCT Rita Coccaro is the high priestess of the Umbanda Temple of Caboclo Virgin Forest, if “temple” is not too grand a word for the small room in the modest house Coccaro ...

LETTRE DE SAO PAULO. L’umbanda est pratiqué par un peu plus de 400 000 Brésiliens. Cette religion éclectique est une forme moderne, urbaine et métissée du candomblé, culte des ancêtres ...

Ce rituel, profondément enraciné dans les religions afro-brésiliennes Candomblé et Umbanda, mêle spiritualité et culture populaire. Sur la plage de Copacabana, à Rio de Janeiro, des ...