You read about a fair number of religions when you peruse the various appellate opinions. Most of them are familiar, but on occasion, you learn something new.
Today, in this Ninth Circuit asylum opinion, I learned about a religion I had never heard about before: Candomblé.
The opinion contains some various facts about the religion, and there’s an expansive Wikipedia page about it. Apparently a non-trivial number of people in Brazil are members.
Interesting stuff.