The evangelical trafficker forbids even macumba in the favela. |
I remember some people who had been subjected to a spell in Brazil called macumba. |
On the edges are stands selling the medicinal plants and potions used in macumba, the Brazilian cousin to Caribbean voodoo and SanterĂa. |
But when I'm playing percussion it's different, I really give my all! I come from a family where we've always played a lot of trance music, like Gnawa music from Morocco, candomble, macumba, voodoo and stuff like that. |
There are two kinds of macumba, one, known as umbandabranca, that is good, and one known as quimbanda negra, that is bad. |
At macumba and candomble temples, Aug. 24 is the day of Exu, the most malevolent of the spirits that are believed to control human destiny. |