Meaning & use
Santeros
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Practitioners or priests of Santería, an Afro-Caribbean religion that blends West African Yoruba beliefs with Roman Catholic elements.
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The santeros performed a ceremony to honor the orisha of the sea.
Tourists in Havana sometimes photograph santeros dressed in white.
A note on using this word
The term also historically referred to craftspeople who carved or painted images of Catholic saints in Spanish colonial communities.
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