Yemanjá Celebrations begin in Salvador

The celebrations begin this Friday (1st), 18h, and continue throughout the night to deliver the offerings at the Fishermen’s Colony in Rio Vermelho, Salvador.

At 22h30, the devotees attending the Terreiro Oxóssi of Ojimirim, in Federation, will open their doors to religious obligations.In the early hours around 3am, there will be offered gifst to Oshun, Queen of freshwater in the Tororo Lake.

The festival will be officially opened at 5 am, when the Mayor arrives and the fishermen will begin the dawn fireworks. The singer-songwriter Carlinhos Brown accompanied with percussionists will give the ringing tone to the festivities.

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