FTP, what religion secretly thrived under  slavery by identifying traditional African gods with the icons of  Christian saints?
When 1950s audiences watched Desi Arnaz perform "Babalu",  probably the furthest thing from their minds was the ritual  sacrifice of live chickens and other small animals. But Babalu is  the "orisha" of suffering in this Afro-Cuban religion, whose animal  sacrifices were protected in the city of Hialeah, Florida by a 1993  Supreme Court decision. FTP, what religion secretly thrived under  slavery by identifying traditional African gods with the icons of  Christian saints?
When 1950s audiences watched Desi Arnaz perform "Babalu",  probably the furthest thing from their minds was the ritual  sacrifice of live chickens and other small animals.
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