Santeria and Voudou have its differences but also have alot of similarities. Both religion mix Catholic Saints with their respective dieties. The Orishas/Santeria and Lwa/Voudou are spirits
originated from Yoruba & Dahomey tribes in West Africa.
Each island Cuba. Haiti & DR, Puerto Rico practice these religions and varies form country to country...
Santeria/Voudou was in Puerto Rico wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy b4 the Cubans or the Dominicans. The african slaves brought to the island of Puerto Rico practiced these religions as well. Places like Loiza are places where the Santeria/Voudou influence was very strong...which is still prevelant today..without the effect of the dominican/cuban exodus to Puerto Rico..
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Originally Posted by asdavila
But being puertorrican the "expected dramatic cultural trauma" didn“t happen.
First santerķa and vodoo are different things. But that is not the toic here and if the difference need to stablished, I am not qualified. However I know they are not the same.
In Puerto Rico when I was raised, we didn“t have "santerķa", and vodoo I heard only in movies. There was, and still there is, a lot of "espiritismo" (Spiritism? sp), and you could find it in every social class, mainly among those so called catholics. Santerķa, I think is also practiced much more now than those days, mainly due to, IMO, to the cuban influence. Can“t say due to Dominican influence because it was there in the 70“s and in those days the Dominicans living in Puerto Rico were not that many.
Now, regardless of the cultural background of the people around me, I choose to believe in what I believe. And let others choose what they want to.
I don“t get into these arguments.
There has to be a variety of beliefs, we are so many and so complicated that probably God created something for each one of us. I myself don“t believe in Adam and Eve, but I respect those who do, and they are not going to steal my peace.
I live peacefully in Dominican Republic, and if the governments (all of them) of this great land allow me to... I will stay here until I die.
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