Afro-Cuban Religion

The moment to learn the Letter of the Year 2026 is approaching: What prophecy emerged during the pre-opening ceremony?

U.S. mission chief in Havana visits the Rincón de San Lázaro and prays for the freedom of Cubans

Haila prays to San Lázaro for the prisoners, the mothers, and the forgotten in Cuba

Hundreds of Cubans gather to venerate San Lázaro in the Rincón of Hialeah

Thousands of Cubans flock to the Sanctuary of El Rincón to make requests and fulfill promises to Saint Lazarus

The U.S. will impose visa restrictions on those responsible for religious persecution

Cuban Uber driver works with all the gear: “Well protected for the road”

Striking images: Cubans celebrate a ritual to Oshún in the U.S. with music, dance, and offerings

Animal rights activists in Cuba are being threatened for exposing animal cruelty associated with Santería

Young Cuban veterinarian saves a hutia from being sacrificed for religious purposes

He can't believe what was left at his doorstep in Cape Coral: "This country is just like Cuba now."

Spectacular procession at sea: Cubans take the Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre out to sail

Eleguá loaded with cocaine: This is how a Cuban was caught at Havana Airport

"On my knees and with the document in hand!" Cuban celebrates receiving his residency in the U.S.: "For those who doubted me."

The Yoruba Cuban received applause for what she said about becoming a saint for health reasons: "I wouldn't do something like that."

She was criticized for wearing a Santería bracelet, and this Cuban responded on TikTok

What do you think? This is how the throne for Obatalá turned out, prepared by this Cuban woman for her husband's 17th anniversary of coronation

They mounted it in New York to celebrate the 50 years of Osha of a Cuban in the U.S.: “Maferefun Yemayá.”

Why the Abakuás do not rebel against the Cuban regime: Emilio Frías explains it

"I am the daughter of Oshún": The things a Cuban practicing Yoruba religion does every day to protect herself

Crime in Havana: A babalawo originally from Santiago de Cuba has been murdered

The reason this Yoruba Cuban decided to move her saints from the living room of her house: "I wanted them to know."

Pedrito López, a legend of rumba and creator of Guarapachangueo, has passed away

A Cuban mother catches her son playing around with his Eleguá altar, and the reactions on social media are: "I used to put coffee on it, and my child would drink it."

A Cuban woman surprises with the spiritual remedy she uses when facing problems at work and closed paths: "You will remember me."

A Cuban charges a foreigner 300 pesos for an improvised "spiritual cleansing" in the middle of the street in Cuba

Cubans offer drums to Yemayá at sea in the waters of Miami: "A gift for her."

Cuban woman surprises by showing how she sets up her throne for Oshún at home: "For my room Eddún from Kariosha."

Cuban santeros hold a ceremony for the health of Pope Francis

Man in Miami beats and sexually assaults his wife because his "saints" told him she has been unfaithful

Cuban mother fulfills promise to San Lázaro with her child in her arms: "May your blessing never be lacking for us."

Babalawo Lázaro Cuesta on the Letter of the Year: "The predictions may be unsettling, but it is our responsibility to convey them."

Ulises Toirac raises a prayer to San Lázaro: "Take us gently and do your part this year, because we need you very much."

"And the light at the end of the tunnel?": Cuba wakes up without electricity on the day when Changó and Santa Bárbara are honored

A Cuban declares: "Whoever has a boyfriend or girlfriend, child of Yemayá, will never be able to forget it."

Beatriz Jonhson is robbed at the Caribbean Festival in Santiago de Cuba

They will celebrate a spiritual cajón performance in Cuba dedicated to Celia Cruz

Religious leaders bid farewell with songs to a young Cuban who passed away on a central street in Havana

Cuban Abakuá denies that El Taiger will be Betongó: "That's a big lie."

Letter of the Year 2024 from the independent Yorubas in Cuba

Amnesty International demands the release of imprisoned Yoruba leaders in Cuba for the 11J protests

A Cuban has been fulfilling a promise to Saint Lazarus for 17 years

The rain did not stop the pilgrimage of Cubans to El Rincón de San Lázaro

Seidy La Niña: "The goddess of the world is Yemayá."

The Goddess: "Congratulations to all the children of Yemayá in the world."

Yomil celebrates seven years since becoming a priest of Ifá: "Thank you for health and blessings."

Animal mistreatment in Cuba: A dog beheaded in a religious ritual in Havana

Video captures a possible scammer from Havana

Cuban Babalawo rejects rituals with human bones after tomb profanation at cemetery in Miami

El Niño and La Verdad thank a neighbor from Buena Vista for the gift: "He never thought she would knock on his door."

Yordenis Ugás sets up an altar for the anniversary of his partner's saint

Letter of the Year 2023 for Cuba

Cuban artists celebrate the Day of San Lázaro

Thousands of Cubans celebrated the eve of San Lázaro in El Rincón de Hialeah

Erdwin Fernández Collado asks San Lázaro: "Relieve all Cubans, for the pain is already too much."

Thousands of Cubans flock to Rincón to make and fulfill promises to San Lázaro

Famous Cubans celebrate Santa Barbara on her day

Yoruba Association of Cuba advances prophecy for the Letter of the Year 2023

Yordenis Ugás and Alexis Valdés celebrated Orula Day

Cuban santero murdered in Sancti Spíritus