Tradition
"Afoxés" are enormously important artistical expressions in Bahia's
cultural life. They are straightly
attached to african-brazilian ceremonies, specially to the ancient
rituals of devotion to Candomblé gods.
Even with social and cultural changes, the groups mantain several african
characteristic elements. They
sing chants in african dialects and play percussive instruments, as
atabaques and agogôs. They also
wear traditional colors and symbols that recall the african religious
cults.
