From the ranks of the members of the Candomble both men and women oguns are selected. The oguns are lay people who perform specific functions to insure that the cults can operate. Among these tasks is the music that accompanies the dancing and singing, which is performed by men.Homens e mulheres oguns são selecionados do corpo de membros do candomblé. Os oguns são pessoas leigas que desempenham funções específicas para o bom funcionamento do culto. Entre suas incumbências encontra-se a música que acompanha as danças e cantos, a qual é executada por homens.https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/brazil_slides/1345/thumbnail.jp
Statue of Exú Pomba Gira in a Candomblé shop. The Pomba Gira is the female form of Exú and may be co...
Mãe de santo with her white baiana dress and various colored beads. Each Orixá has its own colors an...
A group of nuns in festive dress in Cachoeira (BA). Cachoeira is one of the strongest Candomblé cent...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceFrom the ranks of the members of the Candomble both men and women ...
The mãe de canto sitting and blessing a woman worshipper. The number of adherents of Afro-Brazilian ...
Candomblé faithful dancing and invoking Oxossi.Dança de candomblé invocando Oxossi.https://digitalre...
Mãe de santo using a more festive dress dancing. The mãe or pai de santo is also responsible for the...
A statue ofIemanjá in blue on the beach in Natal (RN). The influence of AfroBrazilian cults is natio...
Candomble faithful collecting offerings for the festivities in honor of the orixa Omulu (syncretized...
The mãe de santo dancing among Tempo and Iansã. Sometimes more than one orixá descends in the terrei...
Percussion music is the primary accompaniment to the ceremonies, though a variety of instruments are...
Young Candomble faithful worshipping on the beach on New Year\u27s Eve. The food and beverages, cand...
The statue of the patron saint Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte being carried by followers from the Church...
One of the filhas de santo assisting the mãe de santo in the Águas de Oxalá ceremony.Uma das filhas ...
The mãe or pai de Santo presiding over the ritual of the Águas de Oxalá performs various acts. The r...
Statue of Exú Pomba Gira in a Candomblé shop. The Pomba Gira is the female form of Exú and may be co...
Mãe de santo with her white baiana dress and various colored beads. Each Orixá has its own colors an...
A group of nuns in festive dress in Cachoeira (BA). Cachoeira is one of the strongest Candomblé cent...
Teaching ResourceTeaching ResourceFrom the ranks of the members of the Candomble both men and women ...
The mãe de canto sitting and blessing a woman worshipper. The number of adherents of Afro-Brazilian ...
Candomblé faithful dancing and invoking Oxossi.Dança de candomblé invocando Oxossi.https://digitalre...
Mãe de santo using a more festive dress dancing. The mãe or pai de santo is also responsible for the...
A statue ofIemanjá in blue on the beach in Natal (RN). The influence of AfroBrazilian cults is natio...
Candomble faithful collecting offerings for the festivities in honor of the orixa Omulu (syncretized...
The mãe de santo dancing among Tempo and Iansã. Sometimes more than one orixá descends in the terrei...
Percussion music is the primary accompaniment to the ceremonies, though a variety of instruments are...
Young Candomble faithful worshipping on the beach on New Year\u27s Eve. The food and beverages, cand...
The statue of the patron saint Nossa Senhora da Boa Morte being carried by followers from the Church...
One of the filhas de santo assisting the mãe de santo in the Águas de Oxalá ceremony.Uma das filhas ...
The mãe or pai de Santo presiding over the ritual of the Águas de Oxalá performs various acts. The r...
Statue of Exú Pomba Gira in a Candomblé shop. The Pomba Gira is the female form of Exú and may be co...
Mãe de santo with her white baiana dress and various colored beads. Each Orixá has its own colors an...
A group of nuns in festive dress in Cachoeira (BA). Cachoeira is one of the strongest Candomblé cent...