In that Sublime song, he says "I don't practice santeria", what is Santeria ?

Answer 1

Santeria, as said above, is similar to Haitian Voodoo. It is a blend of African religious beliefs and Catholicism. (For example, the deities in Santeria oftentimes are equivalent to Catholic saints). One main difference between Santeria and Voodoo is that Santeria is practiced in primarily Spanish-speaking Caribbean or West Indian countries like Cuba, for instance.

Answer 2

Name: Santeria (also known as La Regla Lucumi and the Rule of Osha)

Founders: The Yoruba Slaves of the Carribean (from Western Africa -- current day Nigeria and Benin)

Date of Birth: N/A

Birth Place: Western Africa or Cuba

Year Founded: 1517 1

History:
Santeria orginated in Cuba as a combination of the Western African Yoruba Religion and Iberian Catholicism

Answer 3

Santeria is a Latin American religion that is similar to Vodun/Voodou. It involves the practice of magick a la Vodun, but contains strong elements of Catholicism, particularly with the invocation of saints canonized by the Catholic Church.

Neither Santeria nor Vodun is evil.

Answer 4

Santería, also known as Lukumí or Regla de Ocha, is a set of related religious systems that fuse Catholic/Christian beliefs with traditional Yoruba beliefs. In the Yoruba language, Lukumí means "friends" and also applies to descendants of Yorùbá slaves in Cuba, their music and dance, and the cubanized dialect of the Yorùbá language.

Answer 5

a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.

An African-based religion similar to voodoo, originating in Cuba and Brazil, which combines the worship of traditional Yoruban deities with the worship of Roman Catholic saints.

Answer 6

Santeria is a type of African mysticism, similar to voodoo.

Answer 7

same as in Mexico the Natives fused thier religion with Catholicism

Santeria is a fusion of Yoruba and Catholicism

forced like Mexicans at swordpoint (as christian crusades and evangelism tends to do) to change or die

in adapting they survived to this day

Answer 8

Some mystic religion that originated in Cuba.

Answer 9

A voddo type religion from the carribean.

Answer 10

voodoo