Brazil. Day of Yemanja – Comboni Youth

Faithful carry a boat out to sea, filled with offerings to Yemanja.

Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white.

Yemanja wears a dress with seven skirts that represent the seven seas.

A young lady offers flowers as a tribute to Yemanja.

Yemanja is one of the 401 so-called Orishas.

People make offerings to Yemanja in order to thank her for past favours and to ask for future favours.

Faithful carry offerings at a ceremony honoring Yemanja.

A worshiper tosses flowers into the ocean during a ceremony honoring Yemanj.

Yemanja devotee praying at the beach.

Yemanja is the patron of fishermen, sailors and shipwreck survivors.