domingo, 3 de junio de 2012

history

When colonized America, and because Europeans were not allowed to worship their gods the slaves coming from Africa, they identified their gods with Christian saints, in this way could continue worshiping without their owners noticing. Santeria appears as defined in the Western belief in the nineteenth century Cuba.Santeria is a religion that has its origins in the African Yoruba tribe. The Yorubas lived in what is today known as Nigeria, along the Niger River. At one time had a powerful and complex structure organized in a series of kingdoms, of which the most important was Benin. This lasted for 12 centuries until 1896.In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the Yoruba fought a series of wars with its neighbors and each other. These internal struggles and external attacks led to the downfall and enslavement of the Yoruba people. Between 1820 and 1840, most slaves were shipped from Benin Yoruba. These slaves were brought to Cuba and Brazil to work sugar plantations. The Yoruba soon were called "Lucumi" due to his greeting "oluku my", "my friend".Spanish law, while allowing slavery, sought to redress that injustice by granting certain rights to slaves, at least in theory. They had the right to private property, marriage and personal safety. Also, the law required that slaves be baptized Catholic as a condition of legal entry into the Indies.The Church tried to evangelize blacks Lucumi but conditions were very difficult. In addition to the shortage of priests, the injustice of slavery difficult for the Lucumi accept what was imposed on them. Beyond the reasons behind the initiative evangelizing men who promulgated the Christian faith among the slaves belonged to the same race and in many cases to the same social circles as the slave. The result was that many accepted Catholic teaching outwardly while inwardly retained their old religion.With the triumph of the communist revolution in Cuba in 1959, more than a million Cubans into exile in other countries (mainly in the cities of Miami, New York and Los Angeles). Among them were santeros Santeria spread in their new environments.In their efforts to hide their African religion and magical practices, the lucumís identified their African deities (orishas) with Catholic saints, resulting in a religious syncretism known today as Santería.Santeria worship center and creative force called Olodumare. From it comes all that exists, and everything returns to it. Olodumare is expressed himself in the world created by Ashe. Ashe is the blood of cosmic life, the power of Olodumare to life, strength and justice. It is a divine power that is many channels of varying receptivity. Ashe is the absolute basis of reality.They believe that every person's life is already determined before birth in Ile-Olofi, the house of God in heaven. Those who do not comply will be punished for the orishas and be reborn to meet the punishment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g9yyBBhSVw

No hay comentarios:

Publicar un comentario