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Afro-Cuban Myths - Yemaya and Other Orishas (Hardcover)
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Afro-Cuban Myths - Yemaya and Other Orishas (Hardcover)
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African cults and religions enrich all aspects of Cuba's social,
cultural and everyday life, and encompass all ethnic and social
groups. Politics, art, and civil events such as weddings, funerals,
festivals and carnivals all possess distinctly Afro-Cuban
characteristics. Miguel Barnet provides a concise guide to the
various traditions and branches of Afro-Cuban religions. He
distinguishes between the two most important cult forms - the Regla
de Ocha (Santeria), which promotes worship of the Oshira (gods),
and the traditional oracles that originated in the old Yoruba city
of lle-lfe', which promote a more animistic worldview. Africans who
were brought to Cuba as slaves had to recreate their old traditions
in their new Caribbean context. As their African heritage collided
with Catholicism and with Native American and European traditions,
certain African gods and traditions became more prominent while
others lost their significance in the new Afro-Cuban culture. This
book, the first systematic overview of the syncretization of the
gods of African origin with Catholic saints, introduces the reader
to a little-known side of Cuban culture.
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