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THE ORIGINS OF YEMAYA
To followers of Santeria in the regions of Cuba and all throughout the world, stretching from Asia to North America, worship of the orisha known Yemaya is a prevalent thing. In thelucumi dialect,Yemaya is known as the universal mother, more pointedly, the ruler and queen of the oceans and all water. This connection also involves this universal ruler of the oceans and water makes her the patron orisha of women who give birth. It's believed that the flow of water, governed by yemaya will provide safe passage of the child through the birth canal resulting in a healthy and safe...
Letra del Año 2021 La Asociación Cultural Yoruba de Cuba
Letra del Año 2021 para Cuba En horas de la madrugada de este 1 de enero, como ya viene siendo tradición, un grupo de sacerdotes cubanos de la religión yoruba dieron a conocer la Letra del Año 2021 para Cuba, que contiene refranes y consejos para el año que comienza.En días recientes la Asociación Cultural Yoruba de Cuba había anunciado en su perfil en Facebook que, a consecuencia de la pandemia del coronavirus, las ceremonias se realizarían "a puertas cerradas" y sólo participarían "los Sacerdotes de La Comisión Organizadora y los Sacerdotes que han sido Convocados para no...
WHO IS THE ORISHA KNOWN AS OCHOSI
Ochosi is known as the Orisha of the hunt. He is also known as the patron saint of justice and empowers those hunting others who have committed criminal acts to be captured and jailed. He is also an excellent fisherman and can catch all sorts of fish that swim in the water, without effort. It is told that he does his magic in the deepest parts of the forest. He can heal the sick and destroy the wicked. He also mixes herbs and other potions to allow his bow to deal striking blows immediately. However, this deity wasn't always a deity. He was...
WHAT IS LA REGLA DE OSHA?
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 RELIGION A COMPLEX FAITH PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS
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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