A bloody doll covered with feathers and left on the steps of Orlando’s Federal Building last summer is an authentic doll from the Santeria religion, apparently left to cast a spell and influence ...

Just when you think you know a lot about Cuban music, along comes a pair of musicians who tell me one that of the major influences on their pioneering jazz/rock/ santeria band was Queen. Yes, that ...

Santería ceremonies are for calling out to the spiritual world, and that spiritual connection is made through music. Felix Contreras explores how some sacred beats made a secular crossover.

The Afro-Cuban religion of Santeria thrives on the island. Slaves from Nigeria and Benin used Roman Catholic symbols to hide their deities from Spanish missionaries and plantation owners.

In a syncretic spiritual tradition like Santeria, these concepts blend together to become one and the same. There was no concept of “saints” for the enslaved Yoruba people who founded the ...

Although Castro was not religious, some people have looked for Santeria symbols in his life, such as when a white dove landed on his shoulder during a speech a week after the victory of his 1959 ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s detectives recovered at least one apparent human skull and possibly others from a Compton store where they were being used for Santeria religious ceremonies ...

Perez said they found altars throughout the first-floor apartment and basement, many covered in blood. “Delgado is a high priest in the Santeria religion and practices the dark arts,” Perez said.