Regla de Ocha

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Afro-Cuban religion Yoruba-derived religion syncretic religion

Regla de Ocha is a syncretic Afro-Cuban religion rooted in Yoruba traditions that centers on the worship of orishas through divination, ritual, and initiation.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afro-Cuban religion → Yoruba-derived religion → syncretic religion →
coreBelief	ancestor veneration → belief in a supreme creator deity → veneration of orishas →
developedIn	Cuba →
hasAlternativeName	La Regla de Osha → Regla de Ifá y Ocha → Santería →
hasClergyTitle	babalawo → babalorisha → iyalorisha → santera → santero →
hasCulturalOrigin	West Africa → Yoruba people →
hasGeographicFocus	Cuba →
hasGeographicSpread	Caribbean → Latin America → United States →
hasImportantDeity	Babalú-Ayé → Changó → Elegguá → Obatalá → Ogún → Oshún → Oyá → Yemayá →
hasInitiationStage	asiento → kariocha →
hasKeyConcept	aché → balance between humans and spirits → destiny →
hasMusicElement	batá drums → orisha songs →
hasPantheon	Yoruba orishas →
hasRitualPractice	animal sacrifice → cleansing rituals → drumming ceremonies → initiation ceremonies → offerings to orishas → trance possession →
hasSacredObject	elekes → otanes → soperas →
historicalContext	developed among enslaved Africans in colonial Cuba →
isSyncretizedWith	Roman Catholicism →
languageOfRitual	Lucumí →
relatedTradition	Candomblé → Ifá → Umbanda → Yoruba religion →
usesDivinationSystem	Ifá divination → dilogún → obi divination →
worships	orishas →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Regla de Ocha ("La Regla de Osha") → Regla de Ocha ("Regla de Ifá y Ocha") → Santería → Santería ("La Regla de Ifá") →	hasAlternativeName
Afro-Caribbean religions →	includes
Afro-Cubans →	religion