"Santeria is a separate religion ... They would take the statues and put their symbols in them," Swengros said. Certain Catholic saints, such as St. Barbara and St. Lazarus, became fronts for ...

Regla de Ocha-Ifá is a spiritual tradition more commonly known as Santeria, witchcraft, or Regla Lucumi, depending on who you ...

Santeria is essentially an African way of worship ... origins to become a religion in its own right, and a powerful symbol of the religious creativity of Afro-Cuban culture. The centre of the ...

She became a symbol for injured soldiers in Cuba’s ... both political refugees and “santeras,” or Santeria practitioners, brought their petitions to the Miami Virgin — who, as a mother ...