Santa Teresa D´ Avila celebration. Men carry a heavy trunk that will be used as flagstaff for the saint image, Brazil.


A quilombo is a Brazilian hinterland settlement founded by people of African origin. Most of the inhabitants of quilombos were escaped former slaves and, in some cases, a minority of marginalised non-slave Brazilians that faced oppression during colonization.


Size: 5100px × 3400px
Location: Itamatatiua Quilombo, Alcantara, Maranhao, Brazil.
Photo credit: © Ricardo Funari / BrazilPhotos / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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