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Enslaved West Africans brought their traditional religions with them to Cuba; [67] some were from the priestly class and possessed knowledge of traditions such as Ifá. [413] 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 ...
The disposition of colonialism brought a significant strain on all religions outside of Catholicism. Over the course of a 90-year span, the Lucumi maintained the practice of the religion of Santeria. The religion of Santeria encompasses sacrificial food, song, dance, costumes, spiritual deities, and the use of artifacts.
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, guard against crime and ...
The annual celebration of one's initiation into the religion is known as the cumpleaños de santo ("birthday in the saint"). [66] As an initiate becomes more deeply involved in the religion, they learn about each of the different deities and make offerings to each of them in exchange for spiritual blessings and aché. [33]
A fusion of African religions and Catholicism, Santería was one of the few religious practices to endure through decades of The post Santeria, fusion of African religions and Catholicism, remains ...
Ramon Nieblas fixed his tearful eyes on the small golden statue, a beloved icon of Cuba’s patron saint. Whispering, he asked the Virgin of Charity of Cobre for a miracle: Please save his sick son.
The great plurality were Yoruba, from the area encompassed by the modern states of Nigeria and Benin; [13] the Yoruba had a shared language and culture but were divided among different states. [14] Most adhered to a complex system of belief and ritual, now known as Yoruba traditional religion, that had developed among the Yoruba city-states. [15]
A common syncretic religion is Vodou, which combined the Yoruba religion of enslaved Africans with Catholicism and some Native American strands; it shows similarities, and shares many deity-saints, with Cuban Santería and Brazilian Candomblé. The constitution of Haiti establishes the freedom of religion and does not establish a state religion ...