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mãe-de-santo

Brazilian voodoo priestess

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He agrees; the priestess's music has a strange quality. en.wikipedia.org

One was as a school administrator, running a school for priestesses that was already over eight centuries old when she took over. en.wikipedia.org

She has the same title as that given to the priestess-musician. en.wikipedia.org

A priestess drugs herself, whereupon the other priestesses sing a hole into the wall. en.wikipedia.org

The priestess however found them rowdy and mannerless, and so she handed them over to the imperial court. en.wikipedia.org

Alone in a hidden cave, with only an old priestess for company, the two young people fall in love. en.wikipedia.org

Participation in the festival was great, including the priestesses and the population. en.wikipedia.org

A carving found at the site has decorations showing priestesses undertaking a rite. en.wikipedia.org

Shrines developed, which evolved into temple establishments, complete with a complex hierarchy of priests and priestesses and other functionaries. en.wikipedia.org

A first degree initiate is a priest or priestess and a member of the tradition. en.wikipedia.org

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