Santería
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31 sectionsContents
- Definitions
- Terms for practitioners
- Beliefs
- Olodumare and the ''oricha''
- The ''oricha''
- Relationships with the ''oricha''
- Birth and the dead
- ''Aché''
- Morality, ethics, and gender roles
- Practices
- Houses of worship
- Shrines
- Offerings and animal sacrifice
- Initiation
- ''Toque de santo''
- Possession
- Healing and amuletic practices
- Divination
- Funerals and mediumship
- History
- Background
- Formation and early history
- After the Cuban Revolution
- Demographics
- Reception
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|upright=1.3|A group of Santería practitioners performing the Cajón de Muertos ceremony in Havana in 2011
Santería (), also known as Regla de Ocha, Regla Lucumí, or Lucumí, is an African diaspora 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, Catholicism, and Spiritism. There is no central authority in control of Santería and much diversity exists among practitioners, who are known as creyentes ('believers') or "santeros" within urban areas across the United States and abroad.