Odoyá Offering to the Queen of the Sea.
Sítio do Conde, Bahia.

Odoyá, queen of the sea!

On February 2, there is the biggest party at Rio Vermelho neighborhood: the Iemanjá party! A crowd of devotees, admirers and curious people take their offerings to the Mother of Waters, asking for protection, in a unique and exciting ritual. The story goes that in a year of shortage of fish at sea, a group of fishermen offered gifts to the mother of the waters. In the following years, this ritual was repeated and the house of the fishermen, the “Peso House”, became a sacred place of the candomblé followers. In 1972, the place became Iemanjá’s House, and that’s where the procession of day 2 begins. Throughout the year, the patio of the house remains a place to sell fresh fish. The doors are open for visitation in the morning and early afternoon.

Odoyá Offering to the Queen of the Sea.
Sítio do Conde, Bahia.

Odoyá, queen of the sea!

On February 2, there is the biggest party at Rio Vermelho neighborhood: the Iemanjá party! A crowd of devotees, admirers and curious people take their offerings to the Mother of Waters, asking for protection, in a unique and exciting ritual. The story goes that in a year of shortage of fish at sea, a group of fishermen offered gifts to the mother of the waters. In the following years, this ritual was repeated and the house of the fishermen, the “Peso House”, became a sacred place of the candomblé followers. In 1972, the place became Iemanjá’s House, and that’s where the procession of day 2 begins. Throughout the year, the patio of the house remains a place to sell fresh fish. The doors are open for visitation in the morning and early afternoon.

Odoyá Offering to the Queen of the Sea.
Sítio do Conde, Bahia.

Odoyá, queen of the sea!

On February 2, there is the biggest party at Rio Vermelho neighborhood: the Iemanjá party! A crowd of devotees, admirers and curious people take their offerings to the Mother of Waters, asking for protection, in a unique and exciting ritual. The story goes that in a year of shortage of fish at sea, a group of fishermen offered gifts to the mother of the waters. In the following years, this ritual was repeated and the house of the fishermen, the “Peso House”, became a sacred place of the candomblé followers. In 1972, the place became Iemanjá’s House, and that’s where the procession of day 2 begins. Throughout the year, the patio of the house remains a place to sell fresh fish. The doors are open for visitation in the morning and early afternoon.

Odoyá Offering to the Queen of the Sea.
Sítio do Conde, Bahia.

Odoyá, queen of the sea!

On February 2, there is the biggest party at Rio Vermelho neighborhood: the Iemanjá party! A crowd of devotees, admirers and curious people take their offerings to the Mother of Waters, asking for protection, in a unique and exciting ritual. The story goes that in a year of shortage of fish at sea, a group of fishermen offered gifts to the mother of the waters. In the following years, this ritual was repeated and the house of the fishermen, the “Peso House”, became a sacred place of the candomblé followers. In 1972, the place became Iemanjá’s House, and that’s where the procession of day 2 begins. Throughout the year, the patio of the house remains a place to sell fresh fish. The doors are open for visitation in the morning and early afternoon.

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