Mãe Beata de Iemanjá Movies

An ethnographic and experimental approach to the multiple cultural manifestations of Exu, Orixa/God of the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomblé

In the First Republic (1889-1930) as well as in the Vargas Era (1930-1945) the traditional terreiro communities were criminalized, their religious leaders were persecuted and their sacred objects were seized. In Rio de Janeiro, more than 200 objects were seized by the police, and after the end of...