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FROM
CUBA
Religious festivities pale in comparison
to previous years
HAVANA, October 6 (Ariel Delgado Covarrubias,
UPECI / www.cubanet.org) - Religious festivities
in honor of the Afrocuban deity Orula October
4 were much quieter than those in previous
years; some described them as "simpler"
and "more modest" than others
they had attended.
"What can I tell you, my man, this
year things are tough," said one babalawo
or Yoruba priest. "What with the blackouts
and the scarcity of money, there's not much
you can do." This babalawo lives on
Zaragoza Street, on a block where 14 babalawos
are concentrated. In previous years, the
celebrations poured out on the street. This
year, all was quiet outside; celebrants
remained indoors.
One devotee said: "You have no idea
how difficult it was to get the cake and
the sweets... even with dollars they were
not easy to obtain."
Orula is the deity associated with divination
in the Afrocuban religion.
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