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The present article aims to present the contributions of the African-Brazilians in the systematization of African religions in the cities of Salvador and Rio de Janeiro, from the arrival of them, from different African Nations on Brazilian soil. We intend to focus on the contribution of some babalorixás in Bahia and Rio de Janeiro`s geographies, but in highlight the babalorixá Joãozinho da Goméa, who came from Salvador to the Baixada Fluminense, and in the neighborhood of Duque de Caxias disclosed the enchantments of Candomblé as Afro-Brazilian cultural product for all Cariocas social classes [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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