Maritza de la Rosa Perdomo, center, dances before a blue altar during a Santería ceremony in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. Perdomo, family and friends make offerings at the altar.

Mandy Arrazcaeta blows smoke in front of an altar during a Santería ceremony at his home in Havana, Cuba. Arrazcaeta, a white Cuban and member of the LGBTQ+ community, found refuge in the ...

Regla de Ocha-Ifá is a spiritual tradition more commonly known as Santeria, witchcraft, or Regla Lucumi, depending on who you speak to. So what’s the truth behind this often-misunderstood ...

A fusion of African religions and Catholicism, Santería was one of the few religious practices to endure through decades of The post Santeria, fusion of African religions and Catholicism, remains ...

A doll depicting the Yoruba deity Yemayá is propped up on a chair before the start of a Santería ceremony in the home of Mandy Arrazcaeta, in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022.

Cubans seek solutions and solace in Santería amid crises ...

HAVANA — From a two-room concrete home on the fringes of Cuba’s capital, the rumble of wooden drums spills out onto the streets.