A life experience combined with a Jungian Perspective.
Travel dates: October 24th to November 1st, 2024 – fully translated into English
An immersive Candomblé experience. A living myth with the possibility of numinous experience. All senses evoked to feel the experience. Candomblé, Afro-Brazilian religion. Result of African cults and Catholicism. Born in Salvador, Bahia. Practiced today and fully alive. The experience was carefully designed to experience the cultural, religious and mythical aspects of Candomblé.
Candomblé is an Afro-Brazilian religion. The etymology of Candomblé derives from ka-n-domb-el-e, which means to pray, invoke or greet. It is the religion of the Orixas who are deities and a direct manifestation of Olorum, the Supreme Creator, a Divine Entity that has always existed and that created all the forces of the universe. The Orixás are the energies closest to man and mediate the connection between humans and Olorum. It is the Orixás who govern the world and, therefore, worship and prayers are directed to them.
The origins of Candomblé date back to African religious leaders, descendants of the Yoruba, who were brought to Brazil as slaves between the 16th and 19th centuries. At that time, Brazil was a Portuguese colony. The religion imposed by the Portuguese was Catholicism. African slaves, victims of the Portuguese shadow, did not abandon their own religion and began to worship altars with images of Catholic saints as camouflage to venerate the Orixás. After the liberation of slaves in Brazil, the first Candomblé temples, called Terreiros, officially appeared. From then on, the cult of Orixás and Terreiros multiplied and expanded, initially from Bahia to a nationwide religion. Candomblé is, therefore, the result of the original cults of the Orixás in Africa and the religious hybridism practiced locally due to persecution.
The cult of Candomblé consists of venerating the Orixás. In religious rituals, the energies of the Orixás are present, blessing everyone. Rituals are vibrant celebrations with music, singing and dancing in special costumes.
In Candomblé, unlike other religions, there is direct contact with the sacred through experience. It is not about imagining the sacred and creating an image, but about experiencing it.
An immersive multidisciplinary approach
Visit places related to Candomblé, its origin and current cult. Follow the living myth through the streets.
Experience a collective ritual at Terreiro do Gantois. Have your individual experience of: purification and oracle reading at Terreiro Raizes do Tempo
A space for elaborating lived experiences. Amplification of Candomblé myths and symbols
Centro Unitas
