umm like what is santeria?

Question

i think it has something to do with religeon

Answer 1

its a form of saint worship from the caribbean, mainly CUba and puerto rico, dominican republic, coastal mexico. In simple words its like witchcraft.

Answer 2

It is the worshipping and praying to the saints that is taken just a little farther than the normal in the US catholic churches. Many catholic churches in Mexico are given over to santeria..

Answer 3

Santeria is a syncretistic religion of Caribbean origin. It incorporates the worship of the Orisha (literally "head guardian") and beliefs of the Yoruba and Bantu people in Southern Nigeria, Senegal and Guinea Coast. These are combined with elements of worship from Roman Catholicism.

Its origins date back to the slave trade when Yoruba natives were forcibly transported from Africa to the Caribbean. They were typically baptized by the Roman Catholic church upon arrival, and their native practices were suppressed. They developed a novel way of keeping their old beliefs alive by equating the each Orisha of their traditional religions with a corresponding Christian Saint. Many traditions within the religion recognize different equivalencies. One common example includes:

Babalz Ayi became St. Lazarus (patron of the sick)
Shangs became St. Barbara (controls thunder, lightning, fire...)
Eleggua or Elegba became St. Anthony (controls roads, gates etc)
Obatala became Our Lady of Las Mercedes, and the Resurrected Christ (father of creation; source of spirituality)
Oggzn became St. Peter (patron of war)
Oshzn became Our Lady of Charity (controls money, sensuality...)

Answer 4

Yes, it's a Satanic distortion of the Catholic Faith. They have Saints names and things and even the Blessed Virgin but, these things in reality stand for something very different. They are trying to tie their old voodoo ways in with Traditional Christianity. Do not believe any of them if they say it is Christian it is not.

Answer 5

Santeria

1) Crappy Hispanic horror movie.
2) Crappy Sublime song.

Answer 6

Isn't it what girls wear during their periods? Santeria towels :-)

Answer 7

Hmm never heard of it.

Answer 8

African religion