FEDERAÇÃO NACIONAL DO CULTO AFRO BRASILEIRO

Also known as FENACAB, the Fédération Nationale du Culte Afro-Brésilien (National Federation of Afro-Brazilian Worship) plays an important role in the preservation of candomblé worship in Bahia and the rest of Brazil. Its role is to register all terreiros (Afro-Brazilian places of worship) in Salvador, and in Brazil as a whole. The state of Bahia was the first to officially recognize Candomblé as a religion. Today, over 5,400 terreiros are listed.