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Olorum, Lord of Infinity, created the universe. To populate it, he invented immaterial beings, known as orishas. 'Origins', the first episode of the series 'Mojubá', presents the differences between religious traditions of African origin and the struggle of their followers against persecution until they achieved freedom of religious expression. The series also presents the European and indigenous relations and influences on Afro-Brazilian cults. It becomes clear how Ayê, as the world is called in the Yoruba language, can be a place for encounters and celebrations of differences. More than four million Africans were forced to cross the ocean, crammed into the suffocating, infected holds of slave ships, heading towards an inhumane life of slavery in the so-called 'new world'. This number, estimated by researchers, is equivalent to approximately 40% of the contingent of blacks who disembarked in the Americas between the end of the 15th century and the 19th century. A significant number of Africans who arrived in the country came from the Congo River Basin, Mozambique, the Gulf of Guinea and Angola and were distributed throughout almost the entire Brazilian territory to perform manual labor in sugar mills and sugar mills, mines and coffee plantations. Even today, it is possible to identify the legacy of African cultural diversity in states such as Maranhão, where hundreds of blacks from the former Dahomey passed through, and Bahia, known for its Yoruba influence. The random distribution of African groups throughout the country gave rise to different religious traditions, such as the Candomblé of the Ketu, Oyó and Ijexá nations in the Bahian terreiros, the Batuque gaúcho, the Xangô from Pernambuco and the Mina from Maranhão. Many of these traditions combine Yoruba, Bantu and Jeje elements, as well as their varied languages, cultures and religious beliefs in a phenomenon that has come to be known as the African diaspora.