Santería

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Afro-Caribbean religion new religious movement syncretic religion

Santería is a syncretic Afro-Caribbean religion that blends Yoruba spiritual traditions with elements of Roman Catholicism and indigenous beliefs, centered on the worship of orishas through rituals, divination, and offerings.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Santería canonical	43
Lucumí religion	5
Santeria	3
Cuban Santería	2
Cuban Santería / Regla de Ocha	1
Orisha religion	1
Santería (in diaspora communities)	1
Santería (in some communities)	1
Santería priests	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afro-Caribbean religion ⓘ new religious movement ⓘ syncretic religion ⓘ
developedInCentury	19th century ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Regla de Ocha ⓘ surface form: La Regla de Ifá Santería ⓘ surface form: Lucumí religion Regla de Ocha ⓘ
hasCentralBelief	belief in a supreme creator deity ⓘ veneration of orishas ⓘ
hasClergyTitle	babalawo ⓘ santera ⓘ santero ⓘ
hasConcept	ashe (spiritual power) ⓘ destiny guided by orishas ⓘ
hasCulturalOrigin	Yoruba people ⓘ
hasEthicalFocus	maintaining balance with orishas and community ⓘ
hasGeographicOrigin	Cuba ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom	Roman Catholicism ⓘ Yoruba religion ⓘ indigenous Caribbean beliefs ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	legally recognized religion in some countries ⓘ
hasMusicStyle	batá drumming ⓘ toque de santo ⓘ
hasPlaceOfWorship	casas de santo ⓘ home altars ⓘ
hasRitual	animal sacrifice ⓘ dance rituals ⓘ divination sessions ⓘ drumming ceremonies ⓘ initiation ceremonies ⓘ offerings to orishas ⓘ spirit possession ⓘ
hasSacredObject	elekes (beaded necklaces) ⓘ otanes (consecrated stones) ⓘ soperas (ritual tureens) ⓘ
hasTextualTradition	oral tradition ⓘ
practicedInCountry	Cuba ⓘ Dominican Republic ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
practicedInRegion	Caribbean ⓘ Latin America ⓘ
syncretizedWith	Catholic saints ⓘ
usesDivinationSystem	Ifa ⓘ surface form: Ifá divination dilogún cowrie-shell divination ⓘ
usesLanguage	Lucumí ⓘ Yoruba liturgical terms ⓘ
worshipsDeity	Olodumare ⓘ orishas ⓘ

Referenced by (58)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afro-Caribbean people → religion → Santería ⓘ

Afro-Caribbean religions → includes → Santería ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cuban Santería

Santiago de Cuba → hasReligiousTradition → Santería ⓘ

Caribbean Americans → religion → Santería ⓘ

Olodumare → influenceOn → Santería ⓘ

Oya → associatedReligion → Santería ⓘ

Afro-Latin Americans → religionPracticed → Santería ⓘ

Regla de Ocha → hasAlternativeName → Santería ⓘ

Santería → hasAlternativeName → Santería ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lucumí religion

Cuban Espiritismo → associatedWith → Santería ⓘ

Obeah → relatedTo → Santería ⓘ

Oshun → veneratedIn → Santería ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lucumí religion

Ifa → influenced → Santería ⓘ

Yemoja → presentIn → Santería ⓘ

Afro-Cubans → religion → Santería ⓘ

Palo Monte → isRelatedTo → Santería ⓘ

Santiago de Cuba Province → religiousTraditions → Santería ⓘ

Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic) → religion → Santería ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santería (in diaspora communities)

Afro-Cuban music → associatedWithReligion → Santería ⓘ

Yoruba people → diasporaReligionInfluence → Santería ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lucumí religion

Afro-Trinidadian and Tobagonian → religion → Santería ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orisha religion

Daytona → hasPart → Santería ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santeria

Cayo Hueso → hasReligion → Santería ⓘ

Danielle Balbuena → featuredOn → Santería ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santeria

Wifredo Lam → influencedBy → Santería ⓘ

Orisha → religion → Santería ⓘ

Eledumare → associatedReligion → Santería ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lucumí religion

Yoruba religion → influencedReligion → Santería ⓘ

Oba → veneratedIn → Santería ⓘ

the Ibeji (in some traditions) → veneratedIn → Santería ⓘ

subject surface form: Ibeji

Afro-diasporic religions → includesTradition → Santería ⓘ

West Africans → influencedReligion → Santería ⓘ

Afro-Venezuelans → religion → Santería ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santería (in some communities)

dilogún → associatedWithReligion → Santería ⓘ

Yoruba orishas → influencedTradition → Santería ⓘ

babalawo → presentInDiasporaTraditions → Santería ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cuban Santería / Regla de Ocha

babalorisha → religiousTradition → Santería ⓘ

kariocha → religiousTradition → Santería ⓘ

subject surface form: Kariocha

Elegguá → religiousTradition → Santería ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lucumí religion

Obatalá → religion → Santería ⓘ

Obatalá → veneratedIn → Santería ⓘ

Oyá → religion → Santería ⓘ

Babalú-Ayé → religion → Santería ⓘ

Babalú-Ayé → feastDayContext → Santería ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cuban Santería

Lucumí → usedIn → Santería ⓘ

Lucumí → usedBy → Santería ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santería priests