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A group of Santería practitioners performing the Cajón de Muertos ceremony in Havana in 2011. Santería (Spanish pronunciation: [santeˈɾi.a]), also known as Regla de Ocha, Regla Lucumí, or Lucumí, is an Afro-Caribbean religion that developed in Cuba during the late 19th century.
Priests of Santería, Ifá, and Palo Monte all took part in government-sponsored tours for foreigners desiring initiation into such traditions. [52] In 1991, the Cuban Communist Party approved the admission of religious members, [ 59 ] and in 1992 the constitution was amended to declare Cuba a secular rather than an atheist state. [ 59 ]
"Santeria" is a ballad [5] by American ska punk band Sublime, released on their self-titled third album (1996). The song was released as a single on January 7, 1997. The song was released as a single on January 7, 1997.
A Santería shrine in Trinidad, Cuba The rest of the initiation takes place in the igbodu , or inner sanctum of the casa . [ 19 ] The igbodu would have been ritually cleansed for the ceremony, having palm fronds hung from the door frame to deter bad influences and a white sheet stretched across the threshold. [ 19 ]
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Aganjú - orisha that was a warrior king, walked with a sword as a staff, and is associated with fire. He is not associated with volcanoes in Yorùbáland in West Africa, contrary to what is believed in Cuban-style practice of orisa.
The arrival and endurance of Santeria (also known as Regla de Ocha) in Cuba results from multiple contributing factors. The roots of Santeria stem from Nigeria and were transported to Cuba by way of the Lucumí people. However, the Lucumi people only consisted of about 8% of the overall slave population in Cuba from 1760 until about 1850. [38]
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