Its aim was “to revitalise and rejuvenate Orisa culture and all its traditions.” Yoruba religion is also known as Orisa tradition or Orisa way of life. A multitude of gods or orisa makes up ...

Santería, an Afro-Cuban religious tradition with deep roots ... Forced to conceal their traditional Yoruba deities, known as orishas, the enslaved Africans ingeniously syncretized these divine ...