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 vibrant and complex Afro-Cuban religion that blends the traditional Yoruba faith of West Africa with Spanish Catholicism. Its core principles revolve around the veneration of deities known as Orishas, who are believed to be powerful spiritual beings that guide and protect individuals.
Santeria, 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. It centers on the personal relationship between practitioners and the orishas, the deities of the Yoruban nations of West Africa.
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Santeria (Santería in Spanish, meaning "Way of the Saints") is a set of related religious systems that fuse Roman Catholic beliefs with traditional Yorùbá beliefs, that over time became a unique religion in its own right.
Santeria is a lesser known religion that evolved out of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Still popular in Cuba, here's what it is and what followers believe.
Santeria is centered around a pantheon of Orishas, or deities, each representing specific aspects of life and nature, such as love, healing, and wisdom. These Orishas are revered and worshipped through rituals and ceremonies.
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