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

Brazil recorded an almost 70 percent year-on-year increase in cases of discrimination and attacks on religious practices, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (AFP) – In a busy workshop, Leandro Vieira oversees preparations for Rio de Janeiro's dazzling Carnival parade, where his samba school will celebrate the spiritual ...