A history of the Santeria religion's origins in the traditions of enslaved Africans. Santeria was created in Cuba by the mingling of Yoruba traditions brought by enslaved Africans from Nigeria and ...

From a two-room concrete home on the fringes of Cuba’s capital, the rumble of wooden drums spills out onto the streets. Neighbors gather at the door and kids climb a fence to peer inside. They watch ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cuba's Afro-Cuban religious leaders present their 2023 predictions in Havana HAVANA (Reuters) - Priests from Cuba's Afro-Cuban ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - 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 ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - The air was choked with smoke from incense and cigars while the faithful sipped sugarcane liquor from a gourd at the altar and spat mist over the crowd. Niurka Mola 50, stood at the ...

HAVANA — The 1959 Castro-led revolution installed an atheist, Communist government that sought to replace the Catholic Church as the guiding force in the lives of Cubans. But 65 years later, religion ...

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Santeria followers listen as religious leaders, or babalawos, present ‘la letra,’ or letter — a set of predictions and advice guiding worshipers for the new year, at the Ramada Hotel in Hialeah on ...

HARTFORD, Conn. — A man described by police as a Santeria priest raided a cemetery and took the remains of five people for use in religious ceremonies, authorities said. Amador Medina, 32, was ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s detectives recovered at least one apparent human skull and possibly others from a Compton store where they were being used for Santeria religious ceremonies, officials ...