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Altamira Cecília dos Santos
1923–2019
Brazil
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Biography
Altamira Cecília dos Santos (1923 – 2019), also known as Mãe Tatá Oxum Tomilá, was the eighth mãe-de-santo, ialorixá or high priestess of the Casa Branca do Engenho Velho temple of Candomblé Ketu, the largest and most influential branch of the Candomblé religion practiced in Brazil.
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