Saga The Santería; Part I .
Greetings steemianos and steemianas, today I will talk about a subject that little by little has gone from being a taboo, it has to be on everyone's lips, La Santería.
It is known as the Lucumí Rule, which originated in West Africa, today known as Nigeria and Benin, is the traditional religion of the Yoruba people, the arrival of this religion was due to the slave trade to Central American countries originally, such as Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago. This population brought all its cultural variety including its soul, which for them is their religion.
Now, with the arrival of the Yoruban people, every change even for them, since upon their arrival to most of the countries already mentioned, they met with a variety in all senses, and had to disguise what the Lucumí was, not to be seen as witches, since it is well known that in those times of slavery the predominant religion was the Catholicism, then, they had to syncretize everything:
- Eleggua: San Antonio, Santo Niño De Atocha.
- Oggun: San Pedro, San Pablo.
- Ochossi: San Norberto.
- Obbatala: Virgen De Las Mercedes.
- Oya: Virgen De La Candelaria.
- Aggayu: San Cristobal.
- Yemaya: Virgen De La Regla.
- Oshun: Virgen De La Caridad Del Cobre.
- Chango: Santa Barbara.
- Oloddumare: Dios.
Those are the main ones, since there are many more, but these would be the bastions, which people when involved in this religion, assign a deity to him, depending on the ceremony, the saint chooses from whom he is going to be a son. It was in Cuba that it had the greatest prominence, since it was there that it became detached for the other Latin American countries, and it was given the name of Rule De Osha, and this happened because of the following; first by the syncretization that the slaves did and second, the Lucumi language is very exquisite and therefore, it was seen in the obligation of simplifying everything so that religion could expand, however, this theory has been discussed, but this theory has been very much debated.
Perhaps, the most criticizing of this religion is the use of their rituals, since they sacrifice animals, but all this has a meaning, since they use it to give offerings to their saints, without harming anyone, there are many NGOs, which have made war on this religion, however, have not been successful, as it is a culture, and therefore, cultures are very radical cultures, and even proclaimed by UNICEF as heritage. reed aquí .
To conclude this first part, we can say that this religion is rich in terms of cultural knowledge, and that each saint represents a color, a dress, some attributes different from the others, which, as the continuation of this saga continues, may elucidate, and I even dare to say, to begin this religion.
