Mother Olga de Alaketu, Gilberto Gil, Brazil's Minister of Culture, Mother Stella de Oxóssi

Olga de Alaketu or Mother Olga- (c. 1925—September 29, 2005) was a prominent Candomblé high priestess, who was influential in promoting Candomblé and distancing it from Catholicism. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Candomblé (pronounced /kɐ̃dõˈblɛ/is an African-originated or Afro-Brazilian religion practiced chiefly in Brazil. As a Christian Ecclesiastical term Catholic —from the Greek adjective, meaning "general" or "universal"—is described

A fifth generation descendant of the royal house of Aro in modern Benin; Alaketu served as high priestess of the Ile Maroia Laji temple in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, one of the oldest Candomblé temples in Brazil. Benin (bə'nɪn officially the Republic of Benin, and also known as Benin Republic, is a country in Western Africa. Ile Maroia Laji is one of the oldest Candomblé temples in Salvador Brazil, in the neighborhood of Matatu de Brotas Salvador (historic name São Salvador da Baía de Todos os Santos, in English "Holy Savior of All Saints' Bay" is a City on the northeast coast of |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Her temple attracted many prominent people including the writer Jorge Amado, and the French anthropolgist Pierre Verger. Jorge Amado de Faria ( August 10, 1912 &ndash August 6, 2001) was a Brazilian Writer of the Modernist school This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Pierre Edouard Leopold Verger, alias Fatumbi or Fátúmbí ( Paris, November 4, 1902; Salvador Brazil, February 11 When the Ile Maroia Laji was declared a national heritage site, Cultural Minister Gilberto Gil said of Alaketu:

"In the last forty years, we can consider Mother Olga as the greatest proponent of the religion of the Orishas in all Brazil. Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (born June 26 1942 better known as Gilberto Gil (ʒiu̯berto ʒiu̯ is a Brazilian singer Guitarist, and songwriter An Orisha (also spelled Orisa or Orixa) is a spirit or deity that reflects one of the manifestations of Olodumare (God in the Yoruba spiritual "

Alaketu died from complications from diabetes in 2005, and was buried in the Bosque da Paz Cemetery. Diabetes mellitus (ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz or /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtəs/ /məˈlaɪtəs/ or /ˈmɛlətəs/ often referred to simply as diabetes ( Ancient Greek: grc She was succeeded by her eldest daughter Jocelina Barbosa Bispo ("Jojó").

External links

• New York Times: Olga de Alaketu, 80, Afro-Brazilian Priestess