CASA PAI ROGERIOCarapicuíba/SPCuba and Santería (Regla de Ocha)
Yoruba roots of Cuban Santería, patakines and relations with Catholicism.
Origins
Documented historyCuban Santería has roots in Yoruba religion, Christianity and the religions of Indigenous peoples of the Americas. According to the source, enslaved Yoruba people brought trance, divination, animal sacrifices, drums and sacred dances, and combined their customs with aspects of Catholicism.
Documented historyKnowledge is largely passed on orally, through stories called patakines, which resemble the itãs of Brazil.
Relationship with Brazil
Belief / interpretationSantería and Candomblé share similarities, such as Yoruba origins and the use of oracles. Their names, rituals and organization are distinct. Umbanda is a Brazilian religion in its own right.
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Global contextYoruba and Jeje-Fon roots, Santería in Cuba, vodum in the Caribbean and the presence of African traditions in the Americas.Ifá and Yoruba AfricaThe oracle of Ifá, Orunmilá and the place of Yoruba religion in West Africa.Haiti and VodouVodou in Haiti and its connections with West African vodum and Brazilian religions.TraditionsDifferences and points of contact between Umbanda, Candomblé, Quimbanda, Tambor de Mina and other traditions.