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Terreiro Bate Folha

Salvador, Brazil · built 1916

Terreiro do Bate Folha, Mansu Banduquenqué, or Sociedade Beneficente Santa Bárbara do Bate Folha, is a candomblé terreiro located in Salvador, Bahia. It was founded in 1916 by Tata Manoel Bernardino da Paixão and is currently chaired by Tata Muguanxi, Cícero Rodrigues Franco Lima. The terreiro, historically affiliated with Candomblé Bantu, has the largest remaining urban area of the Atlantic Forest, approximately 15.5 hectares. It was listed by IPHAN on October 10, 2003.

Monument data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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