candomble admirers are seen on top of a rock on the beach, paying homage to iemanja with gifts

religion candomble iemanja travel tourism destination holiday tribute supporters candoble offering salvador northeast brazil bahia spell brazilian culture queen sea umbanda devotion black ethnicity oxum prayer syncretism african mother religious obligation atabaque afro art yemanja tradition femininity purification goddess admirers are seen top rock beach paying homage gifts february 2017: day festival