Djanira da Motta e Silva pictured a very unusual Holy Trinity made of three deities from the Afro-Brazilian Pantheon. They are accompanied by musicians playing drums to call ancient spirits and gods for their appearance here and now, on earth, to help the living, to ease their pain and to increase their joys.

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   In the foreground, we see three orishas who are goddesses, holy spirits and fundamental figures in Candomblé. It is a religious tradition which combines African beliefs of Yoruba, Fon and Bantu. It was brought by the slaves to the Portuguese colonies and developed especially in Salvador, in Bahia state. Each orisha represents a certain force in nature and is associated with certain foods, colors, animals and days of the week.

   Between 1516 and 1888, Brazil imported the majority of the slaves in the transatlantic trade. Only in the 18th century, around 1,7 million people were shipped against their will from Western Africa (mostly from today’s Ghana, Nigeria, Angola, Congo, Guinea and Gabon). They represented different ethnic groups, languages, traditions, and religious beliefs. This cultural heritage survived centuries and is still alive in Brazil.

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