Tambor de Mina

Tambor de Mina
The interior of Casa das Minas, with a photo of the last complete initiation ceremony (boat of tobossis), in 1914. The floor is made of clay
TypeSyncretic
ClassificationAfro-Brazilian
TheologyMixture of West African religions such as Yoruba and Dahomey religion, as well as Catholicism.
OriginSlave era
Maranhão, Brazil

Tambor de Mina is an Afro-Brazilian religious tradition, practiced mainly in the Brazilian states of Maranhão, Piauí, Pará and the Amazon rainforest.[1]

  1. ^ "Reginaldo Prandi >Nas pegadas do Voduns: um terreiro de tambor-de-mina em São Paulo > Artigos, teses e publicações ... Espiritualidade e Sociedade ..." www.espiritualidades.com.br. Retrieved 2018-12-02.