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Adonildes da Cunha, right, Emperor, and Nilda dos Santos, left, Queen, arrive for a celebration after a Mass in the chapel of the Kalunga quilombo, during the culmination of the week-long pilgrimage and celebration for the patron saint "Nossa Senhora da Abadia" or Our Lady of Abadia, in the rural area of Cavalcante in Goias state, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. Devotees, who are the descendants of runaway slaves, celebrate Our Lady of Abadia at this time of the year with weddings, baptisms and by crowning distinguished community members, as they maintain cultural practices originating from Africa that mix with Catholic traditions. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

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AP PHOTOS: Brazil slave descendants revive rites after COVID
By ERALDO PERES - Associated Press
Fri,08/19/22-10:42AM , 92 Reads
CAVALCANTE, Brazil (AP) — For three long years, Vandeli Matos was an emperor in waiting. The symbolic coronation of the 33-year-old finally occurred this week when the Kalunga quilombo — as Brazilian communities descended from runaway slaves are known — gathered for the first time since the pandemic began.
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Urban mining transforms Brazil neighborhoods into ghost town
By ERALDO PERES - Associated Press
Sun,03/20/22-9:40AM , 189 Reads
MACEIO, Brazil (AP) — This part of Maceio, the capital of Brazil’s northeastern Alagoas state, used to buzz with the sounds of cars, commerce and children playing. It went silent as residents evacuated en masse, eager to escape the looming destruction of their homes, which were cracking and crumbling.
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