MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - FEBRUARY 02: Followers of the Afro-American religion Candomble take part in a ritual for Iemanja - the African goddess of the sea - in Montevideo on February 2, 2015. Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white while carrying a statue of Iemanja to the beach along with lighting candles and tossing flowers and other offerings into the sea. (Santiago Mazzarovich - Anadolu Agency)

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - FEBRUARY 02: Candles are seen in sand as followers of the Afro-American religion Candomble take part in a ritual for Iemanja - the African goddess of the sea - in Montevideo on February 2, 2015. Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white while carrying a statue of Iemanja to the beach along with lighting candles and tossing flowers and other offerings into the sea. (Santiago Mazzarovich - Anadolu Agency)

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - FEBRUARY 02: Melon and grapes are seen on sand as followers of the Afro-American religion Candomble take part in a ritual for Iemanja - the African goddess of the sea - in Montevideo on February 2, 2015. Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white while carrying a statue of Iemanja to the beach along with lighting candles and tossing flowers and other offerings into the sea. (Santiago Mazzarovich - Anadolu Agency)

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - FEBRUARY 02: Followers of the Afro-American religion Candomble take part in a ritual for Iemanja - the African goddess of the sea - in Montevideo on February 2, 2015. Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white while carrying a statue of Iemanja to the beach along with lighting candles and tossing flowers and other offerings into the sea. (Santiago Mazzarovich - Anadolu Agency)

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - FEBRUARY 02: Followers of the Afro-American religion Candomble take part in a ritual for Iemanja - the African goddess of the sea - in Montevideo on February 2, 2015. Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white while carrying a statue of Iemanja to the beach along with lighting candles and tossing flowers and other offerings into the sea. (Santiago Mazzarovich - Anadolu Agency)

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - FEBRUARY 02: Followers of the Afro-American religion Candomble take part in a ritual for Iemanja - the African goddess of the sea - in Montevideo on February 2, 2015. Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white while carrying a statue of Iemanja to the beach along with lighting candles and tossing flowers and other offerings into the sea. (Santiago Mazzarovich - Anadolu Agency)

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - FEBRUARY 02: Followers of the Afro-American religion Candomble take part in a ritual for Iemanja - the African goddess of the sea - in Montevideo on February 2, 2015. Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white while carrying a statue of Iemanja to the beach along with lighting candles and tossing flowers and other offerings into the sea. (Santiago Mazzarovich - Anadolu Agency)

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - FEBRUARY 02: Followers of the Afro-American religion Candomble take part in a ritual for Iemanja - the African goddess of the sea - in Montevideo on February 2, 2015. Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white while carrying a statue of Iemanja to the beach along with lighting candles and tossing flowers and other offerings into the sea. (Santiago Mazzarovich - Anadolu Agency)

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - FEBRUARY 02: Followers of the Afro-American religion Candomble take part in a ritual for Iemanja - the African goddess of the sea - in Montevideo on February 2, 2015. Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white while carrying a statue of Iemanja to the beach along with lighting candles and tossing flowers and other offerings into the sea. (Santiago Mazzarovich - Anadolu Agency)

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - FEBRUARY 02: Followers of the Afro-American religion Candomble take part in a ritual for Iemanja - the African goddess of the sea - in Montevideo on February 2, 2015. Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white while carrying a statue of Iemanja to the beach along with lighting candles and tossing flowers and other offerings into the sea. (Santiago Mazzarovich - Anadolu Agency)

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - FEBRUARY 02: Followers of the Afro-American religion Candomble take part in a ritual for Iemanja - the African goddess of the sea - in Montevideo on February 2, 2015. Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white while carrying a statue of Iemanja to the beach along with lighting candles and tossing flowers and other offerings into the sea. (Santiago Mazzarovich - Anadolu Agency)

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - FEBRUARY 02: Followers of the Afro-American religion Candomble take part in a ritual for Iemanja - the African goddess of the sea - in Montevideo on February 2, 2015. Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white while carrying a statue of Iemanja to the beach along with lighting candles and tossing flowers and other offerings into the sea. (Santiago Mazzarovich - Anadolu Agency)

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - FEBRUARY 02: Followers of the Afro-American religion Candomble take part in a ritual for Iemanja - the African goddess of the sea - in Montevideo on February 2, 2015. Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white while carrying a statue of Iemanja to the beach along with lighting candles and tossing flowers and other offerings into the sea. (Santiago Mazzarovich - Anadolu Agency)

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - FEBRUARY 02: Followers of the Afro-American religion Candomble take part in a ritual for Iemanja - the African goddess of the sea - in Montevideo on February 2, 2015. Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white while carrying a statue of Iemanja to the beach along with lighting candles and tossing flowers and other offerings into the sea. (Santiago Mazzarovich - Anadolu Agency)

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - FEBRUARY 02: Followers of the Afro-American religion Candomble take part in a ritual for Iemanja - the African goddess of the sea - in Montevideo on February 2, 2015. Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white while carrying a statue of Iemanja to the beach along with lighting candles and tossing flowers and other offerings into the sea. (Santiago Mazzarovich - Anadolu Agency)

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - FEBRUARY 02: Followers of the Afro-American religion Candomble take part in a ritual for Iemanja - the African goddess of the sea - in Montevideo on February 2, 2015. Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white while carrying a statue of Iemanja to the beach along with lighting candles and tossing flowers and other offerings into the sea. (Santiago Mazzarovich - Anadolu Agency)

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - FEBRUARY 02: Followers of the Afro-American religion Candomble take part in a ritual for Iemanja - the African goddess of the sea - in Montevideo on February 2, 2015. Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white while carrying a statue of Iemanja to the beach along with lighting candles and tossing flowers and other offerings into the sea. (Santiago Mazzarovich - Anadolu Agency)

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - FEBRUARY 02: Followers of the Afro-American religion Candomble take part in a ritual for Iemanja - the African goddess of the sea - in Montevideo on February 2, 2015. Devotees traditionally mark the day dressed in white while carrying a statue of Iemanja to the beach along with lighting candles and tossing flowers and other offerings into the sea. (Santiago Mazzarovich - Anadolu Agency)