[DOC] [TLE] Santera - Wikipedia [PAR] Santera, also known as Regla de Och , La Regla de If, or Lucumi is a syncretic 
religion of Caribbean origin that developed in the Spanish Empire among West 
African ... Santera is a system of beliefs that merges aspects of Yoruba 
mythology that were ... Their religion, based on the worship of nature, was 
renamed and... [DOC] [TLE] Haitian Vodou - Wikipedia [PAR] Haitian Vodou is a syncretic religion practiced chiefly in Haiti and the Haitian 
diaspora. ... Vodou originated in the Caribbean and developed in the French 
Empire in ... Other potential spellings include Vodoun, vaudou, and voodoo, with 
vau- or ... The concept of tying that exists in Haitian religious culture is derived 
from the... [DOC] [TLE] Louisiana Voodoo - Wikipedia [PAR] Louisiana Voodoo, also known as New Orleans Voodoo, describes a set of 
spiritual folkways that developed from the traditions of the African diaspora. It is a 
cultural form of the Afro-American religions developed by enslaved West ... 
Voodoo is one of many incarnations of African-based spiritual folkways rooted in 
West... [DOC] [TLE] SANTERIA RELIGION Afro-Caribbean Religion Specifically Cuba [PAR] Like other Afro-Caribbean cults practiced in Miami, such as Haitian Voodoo, ... of 
West African origin, specifically of the Yoruba culture of southwestern Nigeria. [DOC] [TLE] What is Santeria? - AboutSanteria [PAR] Santera has its roots in the Yoruba people of West Africa. ... Brazil, Haiti, the 
southern USA, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and other Caribbean basin nations. ... while 
also practicing their African-based religion in their il, or Lucum temple-house, in 
their own ... or the negative social stigma attached to Afro-Cuban culture in 
general. [DOC] [TLE] Unique Facts About the Caribbean: Voodoo - Sheppard Software [PAR] Voodoo. The term Voodoo (Vodun in Benin; also Vodou or other phonetically ... 
to the branches of a West African ancestor-based Theist-Animist religious 
tradition. ... The cultural area of the Fon, Gun, Mina and Ewe peoples share 
common ... West African or Beninese Vodun is similar to Haitian Vodou in its 
emphasis on the... [DOC] [TLE] Read the Essay - "Myths and Dreams: Exploring the Cultural ... [PAR] From Africa to the Caribbean, "the process of cultural transformation and 
synthesis" ... and Nigerian regions of West Africa contributed predominantly to 
this syncretism. Among the many Yoruba-based religious phenomena, such as 
Candomble and ... expansive and outstanding example in this area is Afro-
Cuban Santeria. [DOC] [TLE] Are blacks abandoning Christianity for African faiths? | theGrio [PAR] Oct 19, 2011 ... Now he practices voodoo and asserts that it's nothing like the hocus-pocus ... The 
fact is while West African-derived religions have historically been looked ... a 
more black consciousness and afro-centric attitude, Johnson explained. ... who 
freely participates in Yoruba and other African-based religions. [DOC] [TLE] Afro-Cuban Diasporan Religions - University of Miami [PAR] spectrum of cultural and religious traditions of the black African diaspora that 
evolved in the ... Caribbean, with Cuba and its variant of Santera (or a Yoruba-
based system) being ... were from numerous ethnic groups, the Yoruba peoples 
from West Africa, ..... Other Afro-Cuban Religions: Arar and Haitian-Derived 
Voudun. [DOC] [TLE] Creole Religions in the Caribbean | Caribya! [PAR] Informative guide to religion in Caribbean: Creole Religions. ... the Catholic 
practice of honoring saints easily lent itself to cultural interpretation. ... Mysticism 
and spiritual beliefs common on other islands included Obeah (a belief in ... 
Santera is based more explicitly on the practices and beliefs of the West African 
Yoruba... [DOC] [TLE] The Yoruba Faith [PAR] The Yoruba people are descendants from a variety of West African ... Yoruba 
Culture in the Americas ... The French plantations in the Caribbean .. especially 
Haiti. ... They were forced into European religions which were Catholicism and 
other ... Candomble; Trinidad and Tobago Shango are all Yoruba or Orisha 
based. [DOC] [TLE] AFRICAN RELIGIOUS BELIEFS | Tewahedo | Palo | Serer ... [PAR] Religious Beliefs in Africa - comparative info about

Question: Similar to voodoo, this other Afro-Caribbean religion is based on west African Yoruba culture
Answer: Santeria