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Choreography: Augusto Omolú
Music: Antônio Portella

Based on a legend depicting the creation of the Universe as interpreted by Candomblé, the African religion brought to Brazil by the slaves during the colonial period (16th and 17th centuries) and still practiced today in Bahia: “The Supreme God, Oxalá, with His sons, formed the the Universe from a mixture of sacred powder and water”.