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Santería Cult
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[German Version] “Santería” is the most common term for a religious tradition that originated among the Yoruba peoples of West Africa. It was brought to Cuba (African-American religion: I, 1) by enslaved Yoruba men and women (Slavery) in the first half of the 19th century and is now practiced throughout the Americas and Europe. The name Santería (way of the Saints) refers to the correspondences that devotees made between the
santos of Roman Catholic folk piety and the
orisha spirits whose veneration they carried from Africa. In Santería theology, God Almighty, Olodumare, …
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Religion Past and Present
