About two-fifths of Guinea-Bissauās population is Muslim and about one-fifth is Christian, Among Christians, Roman Catholicism predominates. Some of the population practices traditional beliefs, which include ancestor worship, possession, and animism, and are especially prevalent along the coast and in the central regions. Christianity and Islam are enriched with African traditional beliefs, which results in a unique religious syncretism; saintsā days, for example, may be celebrated with drumming, processionals, masks, and traditional dance.
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