Religion and Spirituality
Women have been suppressed and excluded from participation in public activity in Roman Catholic institutions in Brazil. It has been a history of limitations, but with an exception: women, particularly those of indisputable African lineage, have dominated the syncretistic Afro-Brazilian religious groups.
There are Afro-Brazilian religions that combine elements of African tribal religions, Amerindian religions, Catholicism, and Kardecism (French Spiritism)that are women centered The main features include curing and public rituals in which female mediums are possessed by spirits. These religions coexist with Catholicism.
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