This country's Muslims caused the malÃª revolts. A bishop here said "When I ask why so manypeople are poor, they call me a communist."
This country's Muslims caused the malÃª revolts. A bishop here said "When I ask why so manypeople are poor, they call me a communist." Faiths in this country use an X in spelling holy namessuch as Exu and Xango. Sacred music in this home of Helder Camara and the Umbanda faith oftenuses a single-stringed, bow-like instrument called the berimbau. Priestesses called"mothers-of-the-saints" serve the syncretic (*) CandomblÃ© faith in this country, where descendants ofslaves play sacred drumbeats alongside a type of danced kickboxing called capoeira. For 10 points, namethis country whose capital holds a four-day Carnival overlooked by a statue of Christ the Redeemer, andwhose majority Catholic faith was brought by Portuguese colonists.
This country's Muslims caused the malÃª revolts. A bishop here said "When I ask why so manypeople are poor, they call me a communist."
Federative Republic of Brazil [or RepÃºblica Federativa do Brasil]