Its adherants prefer to call it Lucumi, and its principal saints include Elegua and Shango.
The most important rituals of this religion are the bembes, in which spirits enter the bodies of the participants. Its adherants prefer to call it Lucumi, and its principal saints include Elegua and Shango. Collectively, its saints, called orishas, were identified with major Roman Catholic saints in order to protect its early practitioners, Yoruba slaves who were forced to work in Cuba, and who later migrated to the United States. Spanish for "the way of the saints", FTP, what is this religion which gained attention in the early 1990s when its animal sacrifices were declared to be protected by the first amendment?
The most important rituals of this religion are the bembes, in which spirits enter the bodies of the participants.
Santeria (prompt on The Order of the Orishas or The Order of Lucumi)