Brazil Slide Series: Collection Candomble, Slide No. 0031.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman
Siegfried Muhlhausser

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Publication Date

3-2-2009

Description

Leftover flowers after New Year at Barra beach in Rio de Janeiro. The flowers are thrown into the sea at midnight in hope that the New Year will be a lucky one. Theses items are offered to Iemanjá (syncretized as Our Lady of Conception) and orixd of the salt waters. There are signs and vestiges of offerings to the orixds everywhere in Brazil. Rarely does anyone touch them out of respect or fear.Restos de flores depois da noite de Ano Novo na Praia da Barra no Rio de Janeiro. As flores são jogadas ao mar, à meia-noite, na esperança de que o Ano Novo seja um ano de sorte. São oferecidas a Iemanjá (sincretizada como Nossa Senhora da Conceição), um orixá de águas salgadas. Existem sinais e vestígios de oferendas a orixás em todos os lugares do Brasil. Em sinal de respeito ou medo, raramente alguém toca estas oferendas.

Publisher

Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico

Rights

Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1994