A documentary based on the book Umbanda no Brasil by the scholar Mata e Silva, who is interviewed by the director. The book studies the Brazilian religion known as spiritism, a syncretism of African beliefs and magical rites, Indian beliefs and images, and Catholic symbols.
Director:
Writer:
Mata e Silva
Himself
Ritos Populares, Umbanda no Brasil (Rogério Sganzerla, 1986)
