Candomble: Another Incarnation

In a house across the street from where I lived there was another incarnation of Candomble. We would often hear lots of loud singing and drumming coming from that house so on November 1st (Day of the Dead, similar to our Halloween) myself, my sister Caca, and Victor decided to venture over. The people there were very friendly and seemed to be very interested in seeing some people other than the regulars there. There was lots of singing(mostly folk songs that everyone knew), lots of dancing, and heavy amounts of drinking. Midway through the party the medium(women) pictured here, stood up and gave a speech. She thanked everyone for coming, made specific reference to their "Canadian Guest", and then "she" announced that "she" would return, but with the spirit of a man in here. And she did, dressed in a very nice suit, hat, and smoking cigars. The funniest part of the night was when Victor tried to go to the bathroom. He was in the lineup but just before he went in, was stopped by a women who told him she, "had to clear out the spirits from the bathroom." She went in, closed the door, and then for five minutes all you heard was things being hit, smashed, and broken from inside!!! Needles to say when Victor went in he was very nervous, afraid of what might jump out at him!