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Morre Máe Carmen, Daughter of Mae Girl at 98 Years of Age

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Leader of the respected Candomblé house was in Salvador and left the league for almost a century dedicated to the preservation of African-Brazilian culture.
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Carmen Oliveira da Silva, known as Mãe Carmen de Oxaguiã, died this Friday (December 26, 2025) at the age of 98 in Salvador, Bahia. She was the Ialorixá (high priestess) of the Terreiro do Gantois (Ilé Ìyá Omi Àṣẹ Ìyámase) since 2002, when she succeeded her sister, Mãe Cleusa. She would have turned 99 next Monday (December 29, 2025). She leaves behind two daughters, three grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. The Ialorixá had been hospita…

The president of the Salvador Municipal Chamber, Carlos Muniz (PSDB), expressed his grief at the falsification of Mother Carmen do Gantois. He will take part in the Movement of Pesara on behalf of the CMS. The Ialorian leader of the Land of Gantois died on Tuesday (26). She was 98 years old. “One of the most respected religious leaders of Bahia and Brazil. It is sad that we issued this note on behalf of the Municipal House of Salvador and also o…

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He died on the morning of this Saturday (26), at the age of 98, Carmen Oliveira of Silva, known as Mother Carmen, was from the Land of Gantois, in El Salvador. She was present at the State Court of State of Bahia, she ordered the Candomblé of Ilé Omi Axé Iamaxé since 2002. In a note published by the social networks, the Association of São Jorge Ebé Oxóssi reported the falsification of the “guard of the antiquity and heritage of a line that has b…

·Quadra, Brazil
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Commanded the Candobal of Ilá Omi Axé Iamaxé since 2002

·São Paulo, Brazil
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Carmen Oliveira of Silva, who is known worldwide as Mother Carmen of Oxaguais, the Ilé Ámí Omi of the Land of Gantois (Ilé Omi Ádukhi Íyámámase), died on this Saturday (26), at 98 years of age, in Salvador (BA). The death took place on a Saturday day devoted to Oxalá, the origin of creation and the peace that Mother Carmen was dedicated to. Mother Carmen was a biological and spiritual daughter of Mother of Gantois, one of the most symbolic figur…

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Globo broke the news in Brazil on Friday, December 26, 2025.
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