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When one thinks of , images of black magic, sorcery, and barbarism come to mind. Media portrayal, such as the newspaper headline "Blood Cults Spread through U.S.", have served only to enforce these negative misconceptions often linked to . As ....

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... as the Yoruba. They were brought over as slaves to Cuba to work the plantations and harvest the islands sugar crop. The Yoruba's were forced to disguise their religion. To do so they worshiped their Orishas (or spirits. The Yoruba believe that for every action there is a Orisha), beneath the images of Catholic Saints. When the Yoruba people were brought over from Nigeria they were baptized as Roman Catholics. Although they were forced to accept Catholic beliefs they worshiped their Orishas according to Roman Catholic Rites. This way of worship soon became the accepted way to practice their "forbidden religion" and developed into ; the wa ...