AP Photo/Felipe Dana-In this photo taken on Nov. 25, 2011, Umbanda worshippers participate in the ‘Exu’ and ‘Pomba Gira’ ceremony at an Umbanda house of worship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Intolerance and outright hostility against Umbanda, as well as against Brazil’s other major African-descended religion Candomble, have recently returned to the spotlight as religious-freedom […]
AP Photo/Felipe Dana-In this photo taken on Nov. 25, 2011, Umbanda worshippers participate in the ‘Exu’ and ‘Pomba Gira’ ceremony at an Umbanda house of worship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Intolerance and outright hostility against Umbanda, as well as against Brazil’s other major African-descended religion Candomble, have recently returned to the spotlight as religious-freedom activists cry foul over the demolition of a house known as Umbanda’s birthplace.