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A lot of experts of Santeria favor the name Regla de Ocha or perhaps the Lucumi religious beliefs. Although it is actually practiced these days by people all over the globe, Regla de Ocha is commonly specified as an Afro-Cuban denomination which came from what is these days Nigeria in Western Africa. The terms Santeria originates from Spanish and freely equates as devotion to the santos. Many practicians of the Regla Lucumi refer to the Orichas, or the deities of the religion, as santos. This inclination to combine terminology as well as concepts from Catholicism and West African religious beliefs...

Santeria , often referred to as La Religion Lucumi or La Regla De Ocha, is a religion that originated in what is now Benin and Nigeria. This Afro-Cuban religion takes much of its worldview and culture from that of the Yoruba although it does combine them with beliefs from the Roman Catholic faith. As slaves were brought to Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico Trinidad and must of the Caribbean , they brought more than just themselves. They brought their religion. Since this time, the religion has spread though the United States and Latin America. It is believed that this religion is still mainly practiced in Cuba where an...

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