In Trinidad, Cuba, James Emery from Douglasville, United States visited the home of a Santería priest. He recalls: “The previous day, they had had a sacrifice. These are the remnants including a goat head, chicken feathers, and dried blood. Not included is the foul odor. This sacrifice is associated with a Babalawo.” ©creative commons license.

 

Santería à Trinidad (Cuba) : Templo Yemalla (Yemayá)

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Eleggua (Papa Legba, Eshu) cement head for religious observance (Santeria).

Photographed by Thomas Altfather Good, this work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. ORTS.

Santería altar in Cuba. Photographed by Susanne Bollinger  [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons

 

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