Honoring the Sea 2011: Offering to Mother Ocean

Offering to Yemanja, the Afro-Brazilian deity of the Sea, at Santa Monica Beach, led by Swing Brazil Tribe and elders from Bahia, Brazil. Part of Honoring the Sea, the opening ceremony to the 2011 World Festival of Sacred Music in Los Angeles. In Brazil, offerings to Yemanja take place each year on February 2 in Salvador, Bahia. In Rio de Janeiro, offerings to Yemanja are a highly celebrated New Year ritual.