A couple have denied cruelty to animals after being seen draining the blood of goat and a number of chickens in their garage. Robert and Irma Talamantez were reported to sheriff's deputies in Bexar ...
From a two-room concrete home on the fringes of Cuba’s capital, the rumble of wooden drums spills out onto the streets. Neighbors gather at the door and kids climb a fence to peer inside. They watch ...
From a two-room concrete home on the fringes of Cuba’s capital, the rumble of wooden drums spills out onto the streets. Neighbors gather at the door and kids climb a fence to peer inside. They watch ...
Tis the season of the dead: from Halloween to All Saint's Day, when traditionally Christian societies venerate those who have passed on. But for practitioners of the Afro-Cuban philosophy of Santería, ...
In the October, 1993 print edition of High Times, Eric Williams writes about the pantheistic Afro-Cuban religious tradition of Santeria. The religion’s future following the ruling is still uncertain.
William Ross saved his money, put his life on hold and went to Cuba this month. But he wasn’t visiting family or seeking a vacation. The Phoenix resident traveled to become a high priest. Ross, who ...
HAVANA (Reuters) - After a few minutes tossing a string of flat beads and chanting, Rogelio Castellano decides his tourist client is emotionally scarred by an old conflict. Only a $500 ritual goat ...
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HAVANA (AP) — A fusion of African religions and Catholicism, Santería was one of the few religious practices to quietly endure through decades of prohibitions and stigma by the communist government.