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Ritos Populares: Umbanda no Brasil

RITOS POPULARES: UMBANDA NO BRASIL

Directed by Rogério Sganzerla
Brazil, 1986
Documentary, Short

Synopsis

A documentary based on the book Umbanda no Brasil by the scholar Mata e Silva, who is interviewed by the director. The book studies the Brazilian religion known as spiritism, a syncretism of African beliefs and magical rites, Indian beliefs and images, and Catholic symbols.

Synopsis

A documentary based on the book Umbanda no Brasil by the scholar Mata e Silva, who is interviewed by the director. The book studies the Brazilian religion known as spiritism, a syncretism of African beliefs and magical rites, Indian beliefs and images, and Catholic symbols.