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The culture of Cuba is a complex mixture of different, often contradicting, factors and influences. The Cuban people and their customs are based on European , African and Amerindian influences. [ 1 ]
Pages in category "Culture of Cuba" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The island's indigenous people performed rituals known as areíto, which included dancing, although little information is known about such ceremonies. After the colonization of Cuba by the Spanish Kingdom, European dance forms were introduced such as the French contredanse, which gave rise to the Cuban contradanza.
Enslaved West Africans brought their traditional religions with them to Cuba; [64] some were from the priestly class and possessed knowledge of traditions such as Ifá. [407] While hundreds of orisha were worshipped across West Africa, fewer than twenty became prominent in Santería, perhaps because many kin-based orisha cults were lost when ...
Religious traditions of African origin have survived in Cuba, and are the basis of ritual music, song and dance quite distinct from the secular music and dance. The religion of Yoruban origin is known as Lucumí or Regla de Ocha; the religion of Congolese origin is known as Palo, as in palos del monte. [100]
Painting of an Ireme dancer in a ceremony in Cuba. Music is central to Abakuá rituals. [4] Drumming plays an important role in Abakuá rituals, as it does in other Afro-Cuban traditions. [17] Abakuá chapters will often have two separate sets of drums, one used in public events and the other in private ceremonies. [4]
Religious traditions of African origin have survived in Cuba, and are the basis of ritual music, song and dance quite distinct from the secular music and dance. The religion of Yoruban origin is known as Lucumí or Regla de Ocha ; the religion of Congolese origin is known as Palo , as in palos del monte . [ 11 ]
The cultural and physical mixing of Africans and Europeans in Cuba began with the arrival to the Island of the first enslaved African women around 1550 [3] but their cultures remained relatively independent one from the other for hundreds of years, because the enslaved did not have access to their enslavers' cultural traditions, and the Spanish people perceived the African culture as barbaric ...