What can you tell me about Santeria?
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its a mix of catholicism and voodoo
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The Chupacabra or Chupacabras is a creature said to inhabit parts of the Americas. It is associated particularly with Puerto Rico (where it was first reported), Mexico, and the United States, especially in the latter's Latin American communities.\n\nThe name, which translates literally from Spanish as "goat-sucker", comes from its reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock. Physical descriptions of the creature vary. Sightings began in Puerto Rico in the early 1990s, and have since been reported as far north as the Carolinas and as far south as Chile.\n\nThough some argue that the chupacabra may be a real creature, mainstream scientists and experts generally contend that the chupacabra is a legendary creature, or a type of urban legend.\n\nHistory\nThe legend of los Chupacabras began in about 1992, when Puerto Rican newspapers El Vocero and El Nuevo Dia began reporting the killings of many different types of animals, such as birds, horses, and as its name implies, goats. At the time it was known as El Vampiro de Moca since some of the first killings occurred in the small town of Moca. While at first it was suspected that the killings were done randomly by some members of a satanic cult, eventually these killings spread around the island, and many farms reported loss of animal life. The killings had one pattern in common: each of the animals found dead had two punctured holes around their necks.\n\nSoon after the animal deaths in Puerto Rico, other animal deaths were reported in other countries, such as the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Panama, Peru, Brazil, the United States and, most notably, Mexico.\n\nBoth in Puerto Rico and Mexico, El Chupacabra gained urban legend status. Chupacabras stories began to be released several times in American and Hispanic newscasts across the United States, and chupacabras merchandise, such as t-shirts and baseball hats, was sold.\n\nThe chupacabra is generally treated as a product of mass hysteria, though the animal mutilations are sometimes real. Like many cases of such mutilations, however, it's been argued that they are often not as mysterious as they might first appear.
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There's not terribly much out there on the web.  This is what I could find:\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=chibcha+%28religion%2C+god%2C+goddess%2C+myth%2C+mythology%2C+folklore%2C+folktales%29&btnG=Search\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=muisca+%28religion%2C+god%2C+goddess%2C+myth%2C+mythology%2C+folklore%2C+folktales%29&btnG=Search\n\nThis book is out-of-print, but there seems to be one used available on Amazon: \n"Some folk-tales of the Chibcha Nation" by Malbone W Graham\n\nThere are more (also out-of-print) books listed at Amazon if you search for "Chibcha" or "Muisca," but they are all in Spanish.
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About the country go to http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rq.html\n\nLiteracy:   \ndefinition: age 15 and over can read and write \ntotal population: 94.1% \nmale: 93.9% \nfemale: 94.4% (2002 est.)  \n\nHere is more:\n\n \n\n\n The Taíno tribe-people, the Spaniards, and the black slaves imported from Africa all contributed to the folklore heritage of Puerto Rico. The Taíno passed their legends down orally; they were first recorded by the Spanish colonialists. Some of the Taíno language was preserved by writers who used Taíno words to describe the alien aspects of their new surroundings, including casabe (a kind of bread) and bohío (a native thatched hut). \n\nAs for the tribe's mythology, Fray Damian López de Haro (1581-1648) and Juan de Castellanos (1522-1607) both recorded some of the more frequently recited Taíno folk tales. Today, Puerto Rico anthropologists, writers, and artists are once again examining Taíno folk culture to better understand their "roots". \n\n \nMany of these legends are ghost tales about demons who roam the island after dark, pursuing food or people or else protecting gold and loot that pirates long ago stashed away for safekeeping. Much of the island's folklore also dealt with the forces of nature that would descend in the form of a "big blow" (hurricane), decimating local crops and settlements. Recently some Puerto Rican writers have made serious attempts to collect this body of written folk tales. Cayetano Coll y Toste (1850-1930), for example, published his literary classic Leyendas y tradiciones puertorriqueñas between 1924 and 1925. \n\nAmong many of the African customs and beliefs Santería played and still play an important role in Puerto Rican Folklore. The practice of Santería dates to the fifteenth century when its earliest practitioners - members of the Yoruba people of West Africa - were brought to Puerto Rico as slaves. Not allowed to practice their traditional religion, the Santería priests, called Santeros, hid their rituals under the guise of Roman Catholic figures. To find more about Santería and its rituals you should visit a Botánica, a specialized shops that retail a variety of articles such as figurines of plastic, wood, wax and porcelain, pictures of saints, rosary beads, candles, dried herbs, amulets, prayer books, and other religious pieces, mixing Christian, African and Caribbean motifs. \n\nOne of the most prominent Puerto Rican figures is "el jíbaro" (hillbilly), a country person from the mountainous interior, is an idealized folk hero, common in island literature and the arts. The jíbaro continues to fascinate artists of various disciplines, and the term is used on a daily basis as a sign of affection, but occasionally as an insult. \n\nLocal Holidays \n\nChristmas \n\nIn Puerto Rico, as in most of Latin American countries, Christmas traditions have their roots in Catholicism. Due to the influence of other cultures (such as U.S.), some traditions have evolved and changed through time. \n\nPuerto Rico's Christmas season is long, starting right after Thanksgiving day and officially lasting until Three Kings Day on January 6. Yet, this can extend until "Las Octavitas", eight days after Epiphany. Homes are decorated with lights and poinsettias, Christmas trees and scenes of the Nativity, also known as "nacimientos" or "pesebres" are very popular. The season combines delicious food, great music and festive merry-making. Typical dishes are roast pork, seasoned rice with pigeon peas, fried plantains, cooked green bananas, cooked yam and "pasteles", made of mashed plantains or yucca, filled with meat and other vegetables, wrapped in the leaves of the banana tree. The favorite desserts are "arroz con dulce" (rice cooked with spices, raisins, sugar, milk, and coconut milk) and "tembleque" (a custard made with cornstarch, sugar, and coconut milk). The mo
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Try reading some books by Zecharia Sitchin or check out his website. Lots of great insights on the gods and their history.
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Pinches bola de pendejos, vayanse a chingar a los tapirs en Oklahoma, por que no van a visitar el primer grado para un cambio de grado? si es que encuetran algo asi alla, como el hemisferio del oeste\n\n---\nOuch too many bad words there.. well in spanish theres tons of bad words so I tried using the most common ones..
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Voodoo is a mix of ancient African mysticism and Christianity.  Santeria is what comes from the Caribbean.
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I was wondering that myself the other day. My brother in Puerto Rico tells me the community where he lives is split as to what to do next for entertainment value. It looks like it's a toss-up between UFOs & a sighting of the Virgin Mary.\n\nHey, maybe we could pose a question in the "Religion & Spirituality" category like "Can you prove there is no Chupacabra?"
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This link will answer your question and also you will get some real idea about what Hinduism is. its just one page but worth reading it as we should know something before saying anything about it. Hope this will help ..
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look at this page\n\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandanistas
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Read this article for starters, it will explain what they are at least, and maybe give you a starting point.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peccary
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whoo hoo what a great question. No one can give you the 'inside' info bacuse they are secret societies. There are wonderful resources to research them. Worldnetdaily.com has a great book on sale now about them. Very well researched as they all have the same agenda. The agenda is not new, it is ancient in fact. Elites ruling the populace for their own good, peace through unity, power to the truly worthy with spiritualism thrown in just for good measure. Since we are not smart enough to think for ourselves we need them. Illuminati, Bildebergers, Tri Lateral Commission, CFR and last but not least the UN. Great quesion and God's speed on your search.
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-they worshiped many gods including a corn god and one with the apearnace of a jaguar\n\n-they lived in south/centeral america
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Vodoun and Santeria are two different religions.  I don't know terribly much about Santeria, but to get a good grasp on the Vodou "pantheon" (a dubious term, since Vodouisants view the Lwa as being more akin to angels than deities) I recommend the following books:\n\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375753702/qid=1141437593/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-4308675-4088007?n=507846&s=books&v=glance\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060916494/qid=1141437707/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-4308675-4088007?s=books&v=glance&n=283155\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0070315604/qid=1141437776/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-4308675-4088007?s=books&v=glance&n=283155\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0930741471/qid=1141437811/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/002-4308675-4088007?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
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I believe in the Orishas, and Im catholic, but I don't consider myself a Santero...
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I moved this answer over here and edited it:\n\nWoodlands is mainly transplants such as yourself. The religious freaks are mainly in east Texas (Tyler, Longview, Nacogdoches, etc.) and rural areas.\n\nThe Houston area is dominated by Hispanics, most of whom are Catholic. Don't let the crucifixes fool you. Hispanics seem to like the pageantry and rituals but they aren't real big on bible thumping.\n\nThe religion thing shouldn't be a problem.
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I have been to Spain and having a mexican boyfriend lends itself to knowing some Spanish traditions and such.  Lets see, in Spain they used to use the peso but recently converted to Euros as their money.  The weather in the summer in Spain is hot, but it is a dry heat with little humidity.  Some traditional dances are the tango and flamenco.  There is a variety of foods so I am not sure where to start with that.  It really depends on which country in particular.  If I stick with Spain, let's see, they celebrate the running of the bulls in Pamplona (that is where it first began).  They also celebrate three kings day which is something interesting that I did nto realize before traveling there.  Easter is very big there.  The royal family was very mixed up especially during the 1500-1700 because of inbreeding.  Hope this helps a little.