The Chapel of the Afflicted, taken during a walking tour with O que te assombra? (What Haunts You?), March 2023.

Edificio Joelma, taken during a walking tour with O que te assombra (What Haunts You?), March 2023

The Church of the Holy Cross of the Souls of the Hanged, July 2023

Divination and flower stands outside the Church of the Hanged, July 2023

The Door of Chaguinhas in the Chapel of the Afflicted, February 2023

Wall of future memorial site next to the Chapel of the Afflicted, December 2021

Wall of future memorial site next to the Chapel of the Afflicted, December 2021. Text reads "Many black people were buried here" and "Black memory"

Ex voto commissioned by a devotee for Chaguinhas in the Chapel of the Afflicted, July 2023

The Door of Chaguinhas during anniversary mass for Chaguinhas's death, September 2021

Funeral cortege in memory of Chaguinhas, September 2021

Funeral cortege in memory of Chaguinhas, September 2021. Pictured in the foreground is the artist, composer, and activist Aloysio Letra

Practice session for Carnaval, Moocidade Unidade da Mooca, "The Black Saint of Liberty," February 2023

Repairs to Carnaval floats after heavy rains, February 2023

Carnaval floats for Moocidade Unidade da Mooca, "The Black Saint of Liberty," February 2023

Cross at the Shrine of the Thirteen Souls, Cemitério São Pedro, March 2014

Ex votos at the Shrine of the Thirteen Souls, Cemitério São Pedro, March 2014

Replica of Christ the Redeemer statue (Rio de Janeiro) at the Shrine of the Thirteen Souls, Cemitério São Pedro, March 2014

Chapel at the Shrine of the Thirteen Souls, Cemitério São Pedro, March 2014

Detail of tomb at the Shrine of the Thirteen Souls, Cemitério São Pedro, March 2014

Ex votos tied to the fence of the Shrine of the Thirteen Souls, Cemitério São Pedro, July 2019. The marble ex votos had been cleared

Shrine of the Thirteen Souls, Cemitério São Pedro, July 2019. Note that the tombs' granite slabs had replaced, and the Christ the Redeemer statue damaged

Rua Galvão Bueno, Liberdade, January 2018

Sign at Cemitério Consolação reading, "Be intelligent and think. Would you eat or give your children: raw meat, raw poultry, food and drink thrown on the floor? Of course not. Why do you then insist on offering [these things] to the saints?" March 2014

Offering at the Sanctuary of the Souls, March 2014

Festa da Santa Cruz, the Church of the Holy Cross of the Souls of the Hanged, September 2014

Estação da Sé, February 2014

Ex votos for the souls at the Church of St. Ephigenia and Elesbaan, Rio de Janeiro, January 2018

Candle room at the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of Black Men, Rio de Janeiro, January 2018

Procession from nave to candle room at the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of Black Men, Rio de Janeiro, January 2018

Wax ex votos for sale at the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary of Black Men, Rio de Janeiro, January 2018