Tambor de Mina

Tambor de Mina
The interior of Casa das Minas, with a photo of the last complete initiation ceremony (boat of tobossis), in 1914. The floor is made of clay
TypeSyncretic
ClassificationAfro-Brazilian
TheologyMixture of West African religions such as Yoruba and Dahomey religion, as well as Catholicism.
OriginSlave era
Maranhão, Brazil

Tambor de Mina is an Afro-Brazilian religious tradition, practiced mainly in the Brazilian states of Maranhão, Piauí, Pará and the Amazon rainforest.

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