In this photo taken on Nov. 25, 2011, Rosa Cardoso, 89, lies on the floor during the ‘Exu’ and ‘Pomba Gira’ ceremony at an Umbanda house of worship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Intolerance and outright hostility against Umbanda, as well as against Brazil’s other major African-descended religion Candomble, have recently returned to the spotlight as religious-freedom activists cry foul over the demolition of a house known as Umbanda’s birthplace. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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