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Yo Soy Hechicero: I Am a Sorcerer

http://www.hechicero.com/sitemap.html

Behind-the-scenes account of a documentary video about Santeria and Spiritism in New Jersey, focusing on the person of Juan Eduardo Eduardo Núńez, a Cuban refugee who came to the US in the 1980 Mariel boatlift. Bilingual site (English-Spanish) contains material not seen in the film, plus video clips.

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The Altar of My Soul

http://altarofmysoul.com/

Professor Marta Moreno Vega, founder of the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, presents the philosophy, practices, clothing, interior designs, and artistic expressions of Santeria, plus information on the Orishas and the publication of Vega's personal memoir.

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Santisimo

http://www.santisimo.net/

Website of a New York based Lucumi music and dance troupe, headed by Emilio Barretto, dedicated to the preservation of the Afro-Cuban Santeria religion, includes photo galleries, sound clips, and cd sales.

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Orisha

http://www.wemba-music.org/orisha.htm

Descriptions of the Orishas in the Lucumi pantheon, with pages devoted to the Warriors, Obatala, Yemaya, Ochun, Shango and Babaluaye.

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Orisa Mailing List

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orisalist/

Dedicated to spiritual and spirited exchange between students, devotees, and priests of ATR.

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Olodumare, "Owner of the Sky"

http://www.angelfire.com/ny2/buddhafarmsnyc/olodumare.html

Yoruba creation story, and other related pages on Lucumi Yoruba orishas.

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Lydia Cabrera Papers

http://www.library.miami.edu/umcuban/cabrera/cabrera2.html

Webpages from the Cuban Heritage Digital Collection of the University of Miami containing pictures, field notes and research information on the work of ethnographer Cabrera, who devoted her life to the study of African derived religious worship in Cuba.

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Iyawo Experience

http://www.angelfire.com/my/IyawoExperience/

Journal of an initiated priest undergoing his ritual year as a "Iyawo" (Bride) of the Orisha Ochun.

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Effectively Communicating with Our Egun

http://www.rootsandrooted.org/?p=44

With the exception of our Ori, no Orisa approaches the level of closeness that we have with our Egun (Ancestors).

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Ebo Okokan, Offerings from the Heart

http://www.cwo.com/~lucumi/

A cultural history of the four major Afro-Cuban religious musical divisions - Yoruba, Abakua, Arara and Kongo drumming, within the pages of Afro-Cuban drum and dance ensemble Ebo Okokán, based in California.

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Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye

http://www.church-of-the-lukumi.org/

English and Spanish site for Santeria / Lukumi / Orisha/ Regla de Ocha / Yoruba / Cuban religion. CLBA was the first church of its kind in the U.S. and was responsible for the recognition of Santeria as decided by the June 1993 unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye vs. City of Hialeah.

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African New World Soap Making Recipes for the Spiritual Bath

http://www.mamiwata.com/soaps.html

Recipes for home-crafting herbal soaps for use in rituals dedicated to the Orishas.

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A Structuralist Analysis of Puerto Rican Santeria

http://www.t0.or.at/0ntext/ldsanter.htm

Anthropological analysis by Lily Diaz of Kardekian Spiritualism (La Mesa Blanca), and Santeria as practiced by Puerto Ricans.

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