Santeria faith moving into the mainstream
Tagged: Cuba, Cuban, orishas, Puerto Rican“In Chicago and elsewhere, religious scholars as well as followers see Lukumi growing not only among longtime devotees of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent, but also among African-Americans, Mexicans and white Midwesterners.
Thomas and the others who gathered for the initiation, most of them young blacks from the Midwest, said they embrace the religion as a bridge to their African past. Others say they find spiritual fulfillment in the religion’s consultations, which focus on personal problems and provide resolutions through the orishas, or spirits.”
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Posted on: November 27th, 2005Curation from Tomás
Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Cultura, Religion
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