In 1887, Oregon, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey all declared a special legal holiday in September to celebrate workers. â
Afro-Brazilian religions are popular with blacks and whites alike in Brazil. Some groups follow traditional African religious practices. An example is Condomble, a religion brought by the Yoruba people of Nigeria when they came to Brazil as slaves.
Figures from the last BritishCensus of 2001 enumerated just over 8,000 Brazilians in London, and unofficialestimates at that time indicated that they might number anything from 15,000 to 1 We use the terms âundocumentedâ and âirregularâ migrants broadly to refer to people who lackauthorisation to be in the UK.