Afro-Cuban religion (Lucumí, Regla de Ocha) originating among the Yoruba people, syncretizing orishas (divine forces) with Catholic saints, emphasizing divination, initiation, and communal ritual.
Represents a philosophical tradition in which divine forces (orishas) are immanent in natural phenomena, and human life is a spiritual journey guided by divination (Ifá) — a system of probabilistic wisdom concerning fate and freedom.
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