Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23 April 2016: Commemoration Day of St. George, Quintino district in the north of Rio de Janeiro. The celebrations bring together thousands of devotees of the holy warrior, who spent the night in place for the celebrations that have masses and fireworks at dawn at 5:00 h. On the day of St. George, is a holiday in Rio de Janeiro because he is the greatest saint of devotion among the city's Catholic and also due to religious syncretism that exists between St. George and religions of African origin such as Umbanda and Candomble, where St. Jorge is the Orisha Ogun. © Luiz S

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