Afro-Caribbean religion Santería http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117403 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/439227004 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Santer%C3%ADa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santer%C3%ADa https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q927277 BL2532.S3 An African diasporic religion that developed in Cuba between the 16th and 19th centuries. It arose through a process of syncretism between the traditional Yoruba religion of West Africa and the Roman Catholic form of Christianity. There is no central authority in control of the movement, which comprises adherents known as creyente and initiates known as santeros (males) and santeras (females). Lucumí Regla Lucumí Regla de Ocha Santeria