The main victims are religions of African origin such as Umbanda and Candomblé. Their practitioners are threatened and their religious temples destroyed and ransacked. This intolerance is fueled by ...

Heritage pride in the samba schools of Rio de Janeiro is just one important symbol of a 3,000-plus-word legacy that is still ...

Brazilian artist Gustavo Nazareno left Minas Gerais for São Paulo because his aunt, a practitioner of the Afro-Brazilian ...

Brazilcore—Gen Z’s take on Y2K aesthetics—celebrates Brazil’s cultural influence, but obfuscates the nation’s racial ...

The American Folk Art Museum gives the late self-taught Afro-Brazilian artist Madalena Santos Reinbolt her first museum solo ...

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 ...

Antonio Obá’s art invites you to pause, reflect, and confront. It’s a visceral investigation into the layers of Brazilian ...

Unidos da Tijuca's theme is Logun Edé, the star’s orisha — a deity in Afro-Brazilian religions that represents a force of nature. Last year, the singer lost thousands of followers on ...