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Copacabana Beach in Rio. Travel Explorations.
Each year many hundred thousands people celebrate the New Year on this beach.
It`s one of the most colourful and spectactular parties and shows in the world.
The name Batuque is also used on the religion, especially before the 19th
century when Candomblé became more common. Both words are believed to derive
from a Bantu-family language.
In recent surveys, about 2 million Brazilians (1.5% of the total population)
have declared candomblé as their religion. However, in Brazilian culture,
religions are not seen as mutually exclusive, and thus many people of other
faiths participate in candomblé rituals regularly or occasionally.
Candomblé deities, rituals, and holidays are now an integral part of
Brazilian folklore. It could be experience on the New Years Day, especially on
Copacapana beach in Rio.
Stein Morten Lund, 22 February
2006
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