{"id":157,"date":"2012-04-30T02:47:29","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T02:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaimecuba.com\/en\/?page_id=157"},"modified":"2015-02-01T03:34:31","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T03:34:31","slug":"cuba-religion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jaimecuba.com\/en\/afro-cuba\/cuba-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba RELIGION"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Cuba RELIGION<\/h1>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Cuba and it&#8217;s religious variety<\/h2>\n<p>ANNUAL EVENT : In the week of 8th September each year, the anniversairy of the Virgin of Caridad del Cobre, guardian of the island. The most important ceremony and pilgrimage of the island.<br \/>\n9 days \/ 8 nights<br \/>\n<strong>from 1450<\/strong>$<\/p>\n<p><strong>The highlights of this circuit:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Baracoa, the first city in America founded by Christopher Columbus.<\/li>\n<li>Santiago, its environment and its cultural and religious mosaic.<\/li>\n<li>The importance of the Virgen de la Caridad, the Patroness of Cuba: her history, apparition and miracles.<\/li>\n<li>Discovery of Afro-Cuban religions (Santeria)<\/li>\n<li>Discovery of various cults: cult of the Virgen, cult of the dead, cult of the music, cult of the plants and of nature.<\/li>\n<li>Discovery of Afro-Cuban divinities: the Orishas.<\/li>\n<li>Ceremonies and rituals not covered in mass tourism.<\/li>\n<li>Conference on the sacred link between music and religion.<\/li>\n<li>Renowned tour guides who are French speaking, teachers, anthropologists, priests and babalawos.<\/li>\n<li>Dinner and lodging with locals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Discover an unexplored part of Cuba: experience major religious ceremonies away from tourist hubs; pay homage to the Patroness of Cuba, Our Lady of Charity; discover African divinities of the Santeria; learn about the merging of catholic saints and African gods; take in the culture of the santeros and other followers of secret societies (los Palos, Abakua), familiarize yourself with their philosophy and world visions; learn to recognize the importance of the white cloths and coloured necklaces of different meanings (peace, love, friendship, death, the right path); attend secret meetings; learn the significance of offerings; get familiar with the language and exuberant dances reminiscent of trances, and so on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuba RELIGION Cuba and it&#8217;s religious variety ANNUAL EVENT : In the week of 8th September each year, the anniversairy of the Virgin of Caridad del Cobre, guardian of the island. The most important ceremony and pilgrimage of the island. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jaimecuba.com\/en\/afro-cuba\/cuba-religion\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2131,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaimecuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaimecuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaimecuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaimecuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaimecuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/jaimecuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2725,"href":"https:\/\/jaimecuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157\/revisions\/2725"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaimecuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaimecuba.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}