Candomblé is an Afro-Brazilian religion derived from traditional African cults in which there is a belief in a Supreme Being (Olorum Mawu or Nzambi depending on the nation) and a cult directed at forces of nature personified in the form of deified ancestors: orixás voduns or inquices depending on the nation.

Of totemic and family origin it is the declared religion of 0.3% of the Brazilian population according to data from the 2010 IBGE Census. It is also possible to find practitioners in other countries such as Uruguay Argentina Austria Switzerland Italy Germany Portugal and Spain.

Initially repressed by the slave society by the Catholic Church by the State and rejected by society; Candomblé (like other African-based cults) "formed until the mid-twentieth century a kind of institution of cultural resistance first for Africans and after Afro-descendants much has changed making these religions organizations of worship detached from the ethnic racial geographical and social class ties ". Thus the cultural elements that make up candomblé are today an integral part of Brazilian folklore culture.

Candomblé should not be confused with Umbanda or other Afro-Brazilian and Afro-American religions of similar origin (mine drum omolokô Pernambuco xangô or Brazilian batuque; Haitian voodoo Cuban santería Jamaican obeah and kumina Surinamese winti among others) which were developed independently of candomblé and are virtually unknown in Brazil.

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