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One of the first intellectuals to examine Santería was the lawyer and ethnographer Fernando Ortiz, who discussed it in his 1906 book Los negros brujos (The Black Witchdoctors). [434] He saw it as a barrier to the social integration of Afro-Cubans into broader Cuban society and recommended its suppression. [ 435 ]
The practice of curanderismo was prevalent in the 1880s in Northeastern Tennessee. [ 10 ] In the mid- to late 1970s the rise in ethnic minority and immigrant populations grew in tandem with the public presence of curanderos in areas outside of the historical geographic regions of the United States which had large Indigenous populations. [ 11 ]
HAVANA (Reuters) - In their New Year predictions, high priests from Cuba's Afro-Cuban Santeria religion told followers on Thursday to watch their health and spending, care for their families ...
Espiritismo has never had a single leader nor center of practice, and as such its practice varies greatly between individuals and groups. In all cases, Espiritismo has absorbed various practices from other religious and spiritual practices endemic to Latin America and the Caribbean, such as Roman Catholicism , Curanderismo , Afro-Brazilian ...
The Curve Fire was a destructive wildfire in the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles County, California, in September of 2002.The fire, which ignited on September 1 from candles associated with a Santería ritual, grew to 20,857 acres (8,441 hectares) before it was declared fully contained on September 5.
One of the first intellectuals to examine Santería was the lawyer and ethnographer Fernando Ortiz, who discussed it in his 1906 book Los negros brujos (The Black Witchdoctors). [41] He saw it as a barrier to the social integration of Afro-Cubans into broader Cuban society and recommended that it be suppressed. [ 42 ]
California is already among the most expensive places in the country to live and with Covid-era protections around rent and evictions gone or phasing out in Los Angeles, soon thousands more could ...
Angelorum: El libro de los ángeles; Santería: mis experiencias en la Religión; Peregrinaje: la vida después de la muerte; Santería: the Religion: Faith, Rites, Magic, Llewellyn Publications: 2002 ISBN 9781567183290; Cabala para el mundo moderno; Powers of the Orishas: Santeria and The Worship of Saints