The island’s syncretic religion,which blends west African deities orishas – with Christian saints, is widely practised and deeply intertwined with CatholicismWhen Pope Francis pays homage nowadays at the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, or he will celebrate the Virgin Mary’s maternal love and mercy,but for hundreds of thousands of Cuban Santería followers, he will simultaneously be honouring Ochún, and the seductive and sensual deity of fertility and rivers.
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Source: theguardian.com