San Lazaro ceremony in December in a private Cabildo in Havana. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it is a mixture of Yoruba tribal...
San Lazaro ceremony in December in a private Cabildo in Havana. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it is a mixture of Yoruba tribal...
The ceremonies take a great deal of preparation from Babalawos, and involve sacred herbs and mixtures. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in...尼日利亞
The pilgrimage of San Lazaro in December is the largest religious event in Cuba when thousands of people make their way to El Rincon church on the...
The ceremonies take a great deal of preparation from Babalawos, and involve sacred herbs and mixtures. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in...
As adherants of Santeria receive their initiations for the different Orisha they get a physical representation of the 'saint'. Santeria is a...尼日利亞
The pilgrimage of San Lazaro in December is the largest religious event in Cuba when thousands of people make their way to El Rincon church on the...
As adherants of Santeria receive their initiations for the different Orisha they get a physical representation of the 'saint'. Santeria is a...
The pilgrimage of San Lazaro in December is the largest religious event in Cuba when thousands of people make their way to El Rincon church on the...
The pilgrimage of San Lazaro in December is the largest religious event in Cuba when thousands of people make their way to El Rincon church on the...天主教
Santeria is more popular than ever before and still growing. Because it was always underground, Castro's ban on religion during the second half of...
Babalawo reading a fortune with money cowry shells. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it is a mixture of Yoruba tribal practices...
Babalawo using cowry shells and corn powder to read the fortunes of the people being initiated. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba,...尼日利亞
The pilgrimage of San Lazaro in December is the largest religious event in Cuba when thousands of people make their way to El Rincon church on the...
Babalawo reading a fortune with money cowry shells. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it is a mixture of Yoruba tribal practices...
The pilgrimage of San Lazaro in December is the largest religious event in Cuba when thousands of people make their way to El Rincon church on the...
Babalawo reading a fortune with money cowry shells. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it is a mixture of Yoruba tribal practices...尼日利亞
The pilgrimage of San Lazaro in December is the largest religious event in Cuba when thousands of people make their way to El Rincon church on the...
The pilgrimage of San Lazaro in December is the largest religious event in Cuba when thousands of people make their way to El Rincon church on the...
Babalawo using cowry shells and corn powder to read the fortunes of the people being initiated. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba,...
Babalawo using cowry shells and corn powder to read the fortunes of the people being initiated. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba,...
The pilgrimage of San Lazaro in December is the largest religious event in Cuba when thousands of people make their way to El Rincon church on the...
Babalawo using cowry shells and corn powder to read the fortunes of the people being initiated. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba,...
The pilgrimage of San Lazaro in December is the largest religious event in Cuba when thousands of people make their way to El Rincon church on the...
Bosque Almendares in Havana is an important place for Santeria ceremonies where ahderents make offerings to the Orishas. Santeria is a syncretic...
Babalawo using cowry shells and corn powder to read the fortunes of the people being initiated. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba,...
Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it is a mixture of Yoruba tribal practices brought from Nigeria during Colonial times, and...
The day after the ceremony, clean white clothes and a mongoose offered to the Orishas remain. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it...
Ceremonies can last for many hours, with various aspects that have to be enacted in full. It is not regarded as an official religion by the state,...
Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it is a mixture of Yoruba tribal practices brought from Nigeria during Colonial times, and...
Each of the animals sacrificed in this ceremony were offered to a different Orisha , here the goat for Ellegua is labelled. Butchered goat after it...
Statue of Santa Barbera who is linked to the Orisha Chango. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it is a mixture of Yoruba tribal...
Chicken being cooked after it has been sacrificed. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it is a mixture of Yoruba tribal practices...尼日利亞
Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it is a mixture of Yoruba tribal practices brought from Nigeria during Colonial times, and...
Butchered goat after it has been sacrificed. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it is a mixture of Yoruba tribal practices brought...
Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it is a mixture of Yoruba tribal practices brought from Nigeria during Colonial times, and...
Each of the clay statues is an 'Ellegua'. Adherents of the practice first have to receive Ellegua, and he is the Orisha that is always summonded...尼日利亞, 宗教
Various charms representing luck and protection. The pigeon stays hanging above the door throughout the ritual, lasting several days. Santeria is a...
Part of the ceremony involves feasting on the animals that have been sacrificed. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it is a mixture...
Part of the ceremony involves feasting on the animals that have been sacrificed. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it is a mixture...
Butchered goat after it has been sacrificed. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it is a mixture of Yoruba tribal practices brought...
Part of the ceremony involves feasting on the animals that have been sacrificed. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it is a mixture...
Chickens and pigeons that have been sacrificed. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it is a mixture of Yoruba tribal practices...
Herbal mixture is used to cleanse the heads of those being initiated. The mixture is prepared by hand for a long time, the idea being that it will...
Animal sacrifice is an integral part of the rituals. Santeros believe that blood is necessary to release the negative energy and spirits of those...
Women have different roles in the ceremonies such as plucking the chickens before they are eaten. Santeria is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba,...尼日利亞
Herbal mixture is used to cleanse the heads of those being initiated. The mixture is prepared by hand for a long time, the idea being that it will...
Certain parts of the ceremony have to be performed by a Babalawo, who can only be a male and has reached the highest level of initiation. Santeria is...
Animal sacrifice is an integral part of the rituals. Santeros believe that blood is necessary to release the negative energy and spirits of those...
Music is an importatn part of Santeria, which is a syncretic religion practiced in Cuba, it is a mixture of Yoruba tribal practices brought from...
Ceremonies can last for many hours, with various aspects that have to be enacted in full. It is not regarded as an official religion by the state,...
Animal sacrifice is an integral part of the rituals. Santeros believe that blood is necessary to release the negative energy and spirits of those...
Animal sacrifice is an integral part of the rituals. Santeros believe that blood is necessary to release the negative energy and spirits of those...
Certain parts of the ceremony have to be performed by a Babalawo, who can only be a male and has reached the highest level of initiation. Santeria is...
Many families who practice choose to initiate their children at a young age. Depending on the level of initiation, the ceremony can cost hundreds of...
Animal sacrifice is an integral part of the rituals. Santeros believe that blood is necessary to release the negative energy and spirits of those...
Animal sacrifice is an integral part of the rituals. Santeros believe that blood is necessary to release the negative energy and spirits of those...
Certain parts of the ceremony have to be performed by a Babalawo, who can only be a male and has reached the highest level of initiation. Santeria is...
Animal sacrifice is an integral part of the rituals. Santeros believe that blood is necessary to release the negative energy and spirits of those...
Animal sacrifice is an integral part of the rituals. Santeros believe that blood is necessary to release the negative energy and spirits of those...
