Ibrahim Ferrer
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Ibrahim Ferrer was a Cuban singer who played with the group Los Bocucos for nearly forty years. He also performed with Conjunto Sorpresa, Chepín y su Orquesta Oriental, and Mario Patterson. After his
Ferrer performing in 2004
Santería
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Santería, also known as Regla de Ocha, Regla Lucumí, or Lucumí, is an African diaspora religion that developed in Cuba during the late 19th century. It arose amid a process of syncretism between the t
Ibrahim Ferrer
…posthumously featured in the Gorillaz documentary films Bananaz and Reject False Icons in 2008 and 2019, respectively. Ferrer was an adherent of the Santería faith, a blending of the traditional Nigerian Yoruba religion and Catholicism. Ibrahim Ferrer died at age 78 of multiple organ failure on 6 August 2005…
A group of Santería practitioners performing the Cajón de Muertos ceremony in Havana in 2011
A figure at the Templo Yemalla, an ilé (house of worship) devoted to the oricha Yemaja in Trinidad, Cuba
One of the most prominent oricha is Eleguá, who is represented by small cement heads kept in the home.
Offerings before a statue of Saint Lazarus in Havana; this saint represents the oricha Babalú Ayé