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An honest look at Candomblé, Salvador's Afro-Brazilian religious tradition.
A private cultural tour exploring Candomblé, the Afro-Brazilian religious tradition rooted in Salvador, with stops at the Afro-Brazilian Museum, the Pierre Verger Foundation, and a real Candomblé terreiro community.
This tour is exclusively for your own group. Candomblé has deep roots in Salvador's history as a haven for enslaved Africans practicing their traditions, and this tour approaches it respectfully, with real context from the Afro-Brazilian Museum and the Pierre Verger Foundation's photographic archive of the religion's history.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Round-trip pickup from your Salvador hotel.
Learn the history of enslaved Africans in Brazil and the roots of Candomblé.
See the photographic and audio archive built by the French anthropologist who documented Afro-Brazilian religious history.
Visit a real Candomblé community and, optionally, consult the sacred oracle at an additional cost.
Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.
A private cultural tour exploring Candomblé, the Afro-Brazilian religious tradition rooted in Salvador, with stops at the Afro-Brazilian Museum, the Pierre Verger Foundation, and a real Candomblé terreiro community. This tour is exclusively for your own group. Candomblé has deep roots in Salvador's history as a haven for enslaved Africans practicing their traditions, and this tour approaches it respectfully, with real context from the Afro-Brazilian Museum and the Pierre Verger Foundation's photographic archive of the religion's history.
Candomblé grew from the religious traditions, especially Yoruba-derived ones, that enslaved Africans carried to Bahia and preserved under colonial and later police pressure. It is a living religion with its own priesthood and houses of worship called terreiros, not a performance, and this tour treats it with that respect.
Pierre Verger (1902–1996), a French photographer who lived most of his life in Salvador, became an initiate of Candomblé and later a babalawo in Benin, taking the name Fátúmbí. His foundation in Salvador holds tens of thousands of photographs and negatives documenting the links between Bahia and the Bight of Benin.
The Afro-Brazilian Museum provides the historical and artistic background. Visits to a terreiro are subject to the community's own rules about dress, photography and which parts of any ceremony are open to outsiders, and your guide will brief you beforehand.
Every Voyzo tour is a starting point — tell us what you have in mind and we'll build it.
