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  2. Religion in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Brazil possesses a richly spiritual society formed from the meeting of the Catholic Church with the religious traditions of enslaved Africans and indigenous people. This confluence of faiths during the Portuguese colonization of Brazil led to the development of a diverse array of syncretistic practices within the overarching umbrella of ...

  3. Culture of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Catholicism was introduced and spread largely by the Portuguese Jesuits, who arrived in 1549 during the colonization with the mission of converting the Indigenous people. The Society of Jesus played a large role in the formation of Brazilian religious identity until their expulsion from the country by the Marquis of Pombal in the 18th century. [28]

  4. Culture of South America - Wikipedia

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    The culture of South America draws on diverse cultural traditions. These include the native cultures of the peoples that inhabited the continents prior to the arrival of the Europeans; European cultures, brought mainly by the Spanish, the Portuguese and the French; African cultures, whose presence derives from a long history of New World slavery; and the United States, particularly via mass ...

  5. Traditions of different faiths cross boundaries and mingle in ...

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    What does religion sound like? Immerse yourself in a world of choirs, chants, prayers and more in 'Religious Soundscapes' at OSU's Urban Arts Space. Traditions of different faiths cross boundaries ...

  6. Category:Religion in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Brazilian people by religion (16 C) * Brazil religion-related lists (1 C, 2 P) + Bahá'í Faith in Brazil (1 C, 1 P) ... Rational Culture; S. Sikhism in Brazil

  7. Cult of the Holy Spirit - Wikipedia

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    A symbol of the faith: the dove of the Holy Spirit, as seen on one of the standards carried in ritual processions. The Cult of the Holy Spirit (Portuguese: Culto do Divino Espírito Santo), also known as the Cult of the Empire of the Holy Spirit (Culto do Império do Divino Espírito Santo), is a religious sub-culture, inspired by Christian millenarian mystics, associated with Azorean Catholic ...

  8. Umbanda - Wikipedia

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    Roman Catholicism was the dominant religion in early 20th-century Brazil, but sizeable minorities practiced Afro-Brazilian traditions or Spiritism, a French version of Spiritualism developed by Allan Kardec. Around the 1920s, various groups may have been combining Spiritist and Afro-Brazilian practices, forming the basis of Umbanda.

  9. Brazilian Syncretic Religions - Wikipedia

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    Many Afro-Brazilian religions are called Macumba, [5] but generally macumba is a vague word for any religion from Africa. [6] Tambor de Mina is a highly syncretic religious tradition, combining cultural elements of colonial Brazil and Portuguese culture with elements of the religious culture of the first Brazilian African slaves. [7]