BRAZIL / Rio de Janeiro / End of one of the main celebrations for the day of the orixa Iemanja, the goddess of the sea, on the 2nd of February. The celebration starts in Cinelandia and ends in Marechal Ancora square, in the neighbourhood called Centro in Rio de Janeiro. The celebration includes offerings to the goddess, such as lighting candles, throwing white flowers in the sea, giving fruits and launching a boat with the statue of the goddess in the sea to be drifted away. © Lara Ciarabellini / Anzenberger