One of the days of class, we had to go to Pierre Verger's Foundation and check out the resources it has. Verger was a photographer that traveled around Africa and Brazil and found many African traditions maintained by the slaves in Bahia. He was really impressed and snapped many pictures and then compared them. He got a Ph.D through his research without going to school. One of our teachers, Willys, comes from a family of Candomble practitioners and he took us to see his house, Casa Branca (White House), and this place has been established since 1830s, although there is no official records, but they know the priestess who started it, etc, so they can estimate the time. It is his family tradition and he is currently a helper of the priestess so he has a
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