Cuba’s patron saint, Our Lady of Charity, for example, blended with the golden deity, Oshun. “It would mix ... 70% in Cuba practice some version of Santeria or similar African-based religions.

Cuba’s patron saint, Our Lady of Charity, for example, blended with the golden deity, Oshun. “It would mix ... 70% in Cuba practice some version of Santeria or similar African-based religions.

Cuba’s patron saint, Our Lady of Charity, for example, blended with the golden deity, Oshun. “It would mix and mix … through this Catholic virgin, they would speak to their African saints ...

In Santeria, they offered coins and prayed to ... But they knew it was Oshun who listened. And then they took orisha’ stones — consecrated rocks that link mortals to the gods — and sprinkled ...

Cuba’s patron saint, Our Lady of Charity, for example, blended with the golden deity, Oshun. “It would mix ... 70% in Cuba practice some version of Santeria or similar African-based religions.

But long-suffering Cubans who need a little luck, or love, or a new refrigerator tend to direct their prayers to Catholic saints they typically summon by their Santeria names: Oshun, Changó ...

In a lot of ways, that is what Santeria is: “The way of the saints.” It’s a balance of light and darkness you must pour your energy and resources into mastering: a lifelong pursuit. The Sun set over ...

For New York-based Oshun — a singing and rapping duo made up of D.C. natives Niambi Sala and Thandiwe — Friday night’s show at Union Stage felt something like a cosmic homecoming. We “had ...

The Krewe of Oshun was "up close and personal" with New Orleans for its annual Carnival gala held earlier in the season at the McCaffrey Ballroom of the University Center at Xavier University.

Herizen Guardiola made her debut as Oshun, the spirit of love and fertility, in American Gods season 3. For Herizen, Oshun and the Orishas were not new territories for her. HollywoodLife chatted ...