Santería (Spanish pronunciation: [santeˈɾi.a]), also known as Regla de Ocha, Regla Lucumí, or Lucumí, is an Afro-Caribbean religion that developed in Cuba during the late 19th century. It arose amid a process of syncretism between the traditional Yoruba …

Lucumí or Lukumí may refer to: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah, a U.S. Supreme Court case.

Lucumí consists of a lexicon of words and short phrases derived from the Yoruba language and used for ritual purposes in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and their Diasporas. It is used as the liturgical language of Santería in the Spanish Caribbean and other communities that practice Santería/Orisa/the Lucumí religion/Regla de Ocha. [2][3]

Lucumí or Yoruba, is the name that popularly identifies the Afro-Cuban religion that is distinguished by the worship of the Upper God Olodumare, the Creator Olofin and the Main orishas of the Yoruba pantheon.

Summary: Santería, or La Regla Lucumi, came to the United States with Cuban immigrants. Santería is typically practiced in ritual communities called "houses" rather than public of worship spaces; indeed, many practitioners of Santería are wary of the general public's lack of understanding and hostility toward their tradition.

It is very common for people to refer to the practices of Santería Lucumi (Lukumi) as “voodoo” by the media, in television and cinema. Movies and television are notorious for lumping all African Diasporic Traditions into one boat, calling them all …

CLBA is not syncretic and preserves Cuba's Lukumi regional form of worship. It is a multinational membership church. CLBA operates as a centralized union of clergy members and adherents, representing members of over thirty-five nationalities.

Santería, or La Regla Lucumí (or Lukumí) as it is more properly known, is one of the African Diaspora; religions spread around the world with the scattering of the enslaved African people brought to the new world.

Lukumí, Regla De Ocha, and Santería are different names that all refer to the Afro-Cuban System of Orisha Worship that was formally codified and standardized as a religion by a very powerful group of Yoruba and first generation Afro-Cuban women in the 19th Century.

Properly known as Lukumí in the Yorùbá language, meaning "friendship," Santeria was the religion practiced by descendants of many Yorùbá slaves in Cuba, over time growing in popularity with many people in Latin American countries and eventually spreading to …