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Santería ( Spanish pronunciation: [san̪.t̪eˈɾi.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. It arose amid a process of syncretism between the traditional Yoruba religion of West Africa, the Roman Catholic form of Christianity, and Spiritism.
May 16, 2024 · Santería, the most common name given to a religious tradition of African origin that was developed in Cuba and then spread throughout Latin America and the United States. Santería was brought to Cuba by the people of the Yoruban nations of West Africa, who were enslaved in great numbers in the first decades of the 19th century.
- Joseph M. Murphy
La santería, culto lucumí o Regla de Ifá, Regla Lucumí, Lucumí u Orisha 1 es una religión de la diáspora africana que se desarrolló en Cuba a finales del siglo XIX. Sus creencias derivan directamente de la cultura y la religión yoruba, que en Cuba se sincretizaron con el catolicismo implantado por la monarquía hispánica, así como ...
Sep 15, 2009 · Santeria (Way of the Saints) is an Afro-Caribbean religion based on Yoruba beliefs and traditions, with some Roman Catholic elements added. The religion is also known as La Regla Lucumi and the ...
Feb 13, 2019 · Santeria combines influences of Caribbean tradition, West Africa's Yoruba spirituality, and elements of Catholicism. Santeria evolved when African slaves were stolen from their homelands during the Colonial period and forced to work in Caribbean sugar plantations. Santeria is a fairly complex system, because it blends the Yoruba orishas, or ...
- Patti Wigington
Cuba, the Caribbean island from which Santería originates. After the Spanish Empire conquered Cuba, the island's indigenous Taino and Ciboney saw their populations dramatically decline. [1] The Spanish colonialists established sugar, tobacco, and coffee plantations on Cuba and turned to the purchase of slaves sold at West African ports as a ...
By Will Morningstar. In her new book, Aisha Beliso-De Jesús, Associate Professor of African American Religions at Harvard Divinity School, traces the transnational movements of people, media, spirits, and divinities (oricha) associated with the Afro-Cuban religion of Santería. Will Morningstar sat down with Beliso-De Jesús to discuss the ...
