Codo
Ricardo Teles | Codo city, Maranhao state, Brazil., Brazil
Photographer: Ricardo Teles
Exhibit Title: Codo
Location: Codo city, Maranhao state, Brazil., Brazil
The town of Codó, in Brazil´s northeastern state of Maranhão, is the cradle of a peculiar Afro-Indian-Portuguese religious cult called Terecô da Mata Codoense, born when runaway slaves met local native Indians in the babaçu palm forests of the region.
The terecô, at that time practiced by peasants, reached the towns in the 1930´s and joined forces with Umbanda, an urban religion, which worhips Brazilian Indian and African spiritual beings and catholic saints.
Codó soon became a place famous for its witchdoctors, whose spiritual services were required throughout Brazil. Some started calling Codó a town of Black Magic and powerful sorcerers, able to do any kind of spiritual work.
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