US EditionCuba’s Santeros offer gifts and ask deities for peace as tensions rise with US
Santería priests performed cleansing rituals and animal sacrifices invoking deities to seek peace as Cuba faces tightening U.S. sanctions and regional instability, officials said.
- As tensions rise between the US and Cuba, priests and priestesses of the Afro-Cuban religion Santería held ceremonies, offering gifts to deities and asking for peace.
- Lázaro Cuesta, a renowned priest who organized the ceremony, said they "believe that through sacrifices and prayers can alleviate the impact of harmful issues".
- Eraimy León, a 43-year-old babalawo, said "This is being done for the good of society, so that there is no conflict or violence, so that there is harmony and health".
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Cuba’s Santeros offer gifts and ask deities for peace as tensions rise with US
HAVANA (AP) — As tensions rise between the United States and Cuba and the island braces for more economic difficulties, priests and priestesses of the Afro-Cuban religion known as Santería held several ceremonies on Sunday, offering gifts to deities and asking for peace. Several leading figures in the Santería community prayed for the “spiritual healing” of the Cuban people and an end to the violence and conflicts that, according to their predic…
Cuba's Santeria priests ask for peace as Cuba-US tensions rise further
As tensions between Cuba and the United States rise and Cubans brace for further economic difficulties, priests and priestesses of the African-Cuban root religion known as Santería held several ceremonies on Sunday and offered gifts to deities to ask for peace.
Cuba's Santeria community offers gifts, asks deities for peace and spiritual healing
As tensions rise between the United States and Cuba and the island braces for more economic difficulties, priests and priestesses of the Afro-Cuban religion known as Santeria held several ceremonies on Sunday, offering gifts to deities and asking for peace.
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Cuba's Santeros offer gifts and ask deities for peace as tensions rise with US
Priests and priestesses of the Afro-Cuban religion known as Santería have offered gifts to deities and asked for peace as tensions rise between the United States and Cuba and the island braces for more economic difficulties.
Cuba's Santeros offer gifts and ask deities for peace as tensions rise with U.S.
As tensions rise between the United States and Cuba and the island braces for more economic difficulties, priests and priestesses of the Afro-Cuban religion known as Santería held several ceremonies on Sunday, offering gifts to deities and asking for peace.
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