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An Ache for Traditions
By: Idania Machado | Photos: Prensa Latina
The Orishas are deities that inhabit the Yoruba pantheon of the magical Santeria religion or the Ocha Rule in Cuba. They are deities who fall in love, are envious of each other, fight, know the secrets of the forest, control the elements of nature but possess as many imperfections as a normal human being.
Santeria is the most popular religion of African origin being practised in Cuba and was brought here by Nigerian slaves of the Yoruba tribe.
Any observant person on the streets of Cuba has seen, at least once in his life, objects near a tree or even openly on a street corner. Bananas tied with a red ribbon, coconuts, eggs, fruit and other objects that seem out of place on the urban landscape
The Orishas are deities that inhabit the Yoruba pantheon of the magical Santeria religion or the Ocha Rule in Cuba. They are deities who fall in love, are envious of each other, fight, know the secrets of the forest, control the elements of nature but possess as many imperfections as a normal human being.
Santeria is the most popular religion of African origin being practised in Cuba and was brought here by Nigerian slaves of the Yoruba tribe. 
