Festival of the Good Death Celebrated in Bahia

WS, Dancers perform during the Festival of the Good Death on August 15, 2014 in Cachoeira, Brazil. The Afro-Brazilian festival put on by the Sisterhood of the Good Death, which is made up of female descendants of slaves, all age 50 and over, honours both Catholic traditions and Afro-Brazilian Candomble religious rites. The sisterhood is believed to be the oldest organization for women of African descent in the Americas. The state of Bahia received at least 1.2 million slaves from Africa and remains the most African of Brazilian states, where blacks make up around 80% of the population. (Footage by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
WS, Dancers perform during the Festival of the Good Death on August 15, 2014 in Cachoeira, Brazil. The Afro-Brazilian festival put on by the Sisterhood of the Good Death, which is made up of female descendants of slaves, all age 50 and over, honours both Catholic traditions and Afro-Brazilian Candomble religious rites. The sisterhood is believed to be the oldest organization for women of African descent in the Americas. The state of Bahia received at least 1.2 million slaves from Africa and remains the most African of Brazilian states, where blacks make up around 80% of the population. (Footage by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Mario Tama
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August 15, 2014
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Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil
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