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In the United States, an initiation was reported as costing as much as $10,000 in 1989, [4] and between $15,000 and $20,000 in 2001, again being close to the average annual wage. [6] This is in keeping with the broader place of financial exchange within the religion; Hagedorn noted that "everything in Santería costs money".
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.
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 ...
Àwọn òrìṣà Obinrin (Female Orishas) Ajé - orisha of wealth. Yewa - orisha of the Yewa River. Nàná Bùkùú - orisha of the river and of the earth. Ọbà - first wife of Ṣàngó and orisha of domesticity and marriage. Ọtìn - orisha of the river Otín, she is hunter and wife of Erinlẹ̀. Olókun - orisha of the ocean.
A practitioner dressed as the orixá Oba at a temple in Brazil; the possession of adherents by orixá is central to Candomblé. Candomblé ( Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐ̃dõˈblɛ]) is an African diasporic religion that developed in Brazil during the 19th century. It arose through a process of syncretism between several of the traditional ...
Ifá. Ifá is a divination system originating among the Yoruba people of West Africa. It plays an important role in Yoruba religion and certain African diasporic religions deriving from it, such as Cuban Santería . According to traditional belief, Ifá is associated with Orunmila, who is one of the orisha spirits central to Yoruba religion.
By the mid-1990s, Mama Lola had developed very close relationships with Santería practitioners based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. She guided their initiation into Vodou and joined them as a fellow santera (female initiate) in 2000. Among her closest Santería friends were priestesses in Oakland with whom she would visit, participate in ...
Palo (religion) Palo, also known as Las Reglas de Congo, is an African diasporic religion that developed in Cuba during the late 19th or early 20th century. It arose amid a process of syncretism between the traditional Kongo religion of Central Africa, the Roman Catholic branch of Christianity, and Spiritism. An initiatory religion practised by ...