Carved wooden relief depicting Candomble (Afro-Brazilian religion) orisha (divinity figure) Logun Ede by artist Carybe in the Afro-Brazilian museum, Salvador, Bahia

Carved wooden relief depicting Candomble (Afro-Brazilian religion) orisha (divinity figure) Ewa by artist Carybe in the Afro-Brazilian Museum, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Entranced devotee embodying orixa (orisha) Oxosse during Lemnaja festival on Rio Vermelho beach, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Entranced devotee embodying Orixa (Orisha) Oxosse during Lemnaja festival on Rio Vermelho beach, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Santeria ceremony, the woman in center is posessed by and takes on the character of an orisha or deity called by conga drummers, Havana, Cuba