Santeria/Lukumi Resources

Lukumí, Regla de Ocha or Afro-Cuba, most widely known as Santeria, (Santería in Spanish) is a set of related religious systems that superficially seem to fuse Catholic beliefs with traditional Yoruba beliefs. In the Yoruba language, Lukumí means "friends" and also applies to descendants of Yorùbá slaves in Cuba, their music and dance, and the cubanized dialect of the Yorùbá language. Lukumí - History. The name Lucumi originated from present-day Nigeria. The Yoruba people ...

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• Lukumí - History
• Lukumí - Beliefs and Rituals

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The name Lucumi originated from present-day Nigeria. The Yoruba people of Nigeria were initially called the Lukumi which was supposed to be from the word "Olokun mi"(my dear one). The name Yoruba (Yariba by the Hausa) was later used by those who came in contact with the Yoruba from the North, having heard of the 'Yariba people in the South'. Lukumí originated in Cuba and was historically practised by descendants of west African slaves, when slave owners purposely divided slave families and mixed members of different African ethnic gr ...

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Lukumí, Lukumí - History, Lukumí - Beliefs and Rituals

Read more here: » Lukumí: Encyclopedia II - Lukumí - History

Lukumí ritual is highly secretive and primarily transmitted orally. Known practices include animal offering, ecstatic dance, and sung invocations to the Orishas. Chickens and fruit are the most common forms of sacrifice; their blood is offered to the Orisha. Drum music and dancing are used to induce a trance state in specific participants, who may become (supposedly) possessed by an Orisha who then speaks through them (see Yoruba music). One's ances ...

See also:

Lukumí, Lukumí - History, Lukumí - Beliefs and Rituals

Read more here: » Lukumí: Encyclopedia II - Lukumí - Beliefs and Rituals