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 | | Oxum is the second wife of the warrior god, Xang. |
 | | They are venerated in the Candombl religion, widely observed in northeastern Brazil. |
 | | The name derives from kandombele, a Congolese-Angolan word meaning "to pray." Practiced in Brazil since slaves were brought from Africa by the Portuguese, it combines Yoruban practices with Roman Catholic imagery. |
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