in rio de janeiro, the saints day is celebrated with special services at churches, street processions with participants numbering in the hundreds of thousands and theatrical reenactments of the slaying of a dragon, são jorge's most famous act.

saint george is honored by eating beans (feijão) and cassavea (aipim), visiting a umbanda house, or obtaining a talisman (patuá) blessed by ogum.

ogum is not the only african deity widely venerated in the city - new year's eve in rio is marked not only by great parties, but also by the devotion of millions to the festa de yemanjá, loving goddess of the sea.