Candomblé, the result of exchanges and adaptations between different religions from different African nations brought to Brazil under the slave regime, is an Afro-Brazilian cult born of the historical and social conformations of our country.

Son of Obatala and Yemanja, Shango is considered the king of Orishas. In the afro-Brazilian cultures, Shango is defined as the deity of storms, thunderbolts and thunders. In mythology, Shango takes care of the administration, power and justice, representing the authority constituted in the African p

The Água Fria neighborhood, in the city of Recife, was chosen by Ifatinuké for the construction of the terreiro Ilê Obá Ogunté, one of the main Afro-Brazilian religious houses in Pernambuco, also known as Sítio or Terreiro de Pai Adão.

The name of the area tells a little of the history of the place and demarcates the territory: 65 Severina Paraíso da Silva Street, Portão do Gelo, São Benedito neighbourhood, Olinda, Pernambuco. That is where, since the early 1950s, Terreiro Santa Bárbara (St Barbara Yard), or Ilê Axé Oyá Meguê.