This page groups sacred sites by whether their sacred status is still actively maintained. Wikipedia notes that Mircea Eliade "argues that while the concept of a sacred space is often associated with religious traditions, it is not exclusive to them," since secular societies can keep treating a place as significant too. Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a site with living religious observance apart from one preserved mainly for its history.
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What Defines This GroupingLucumi is served in ile, consecrated houses that are ordinary private homes, rather than in public temples. Its visible places are therefore the Catholic churches and shorelines where orisha and saint are honoured together; the house itself is not one of them. 2 Peoples and Traditions CoveredThe Cuban houses were reconstituted through the cabildos de nacion, mutual-aid societies organised by African nation. Lucumi, of Yoruba derivation, is one Afro-Cuban institution among several and is not interchangeable with Kongo-derived Palo Monte or with the Abakua societies. 2 Status
Status TodayA living religion of Cuba and its diaspora, organised in houses that trace lines of initiation rather than in congregations. The ile is a private house and its ritual interior is closed to non-initiates. What is transmitted in initiation is not published, and this atlas records only that the institution exists. 2 Learn More
Lucumi Sacred Sites
This small group gathers a sacred site of the Lucumi (Cuban Santeria) tradition, the Afro-Cuban religion descended from Yoruba worship, in which the orishas are served in consecrated houses of worship. It is a living religion of Cuba and its diaspora.
The browser will find the site the atlas classes here. The entry describes its significance within the living Lucumi tradition.
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Lucumi sites: the Cuban Lucumi tradition.
Source Santeria Enthroned: Art, Ritual, and Innovation in an Afro-Cuban ReligionDavid H. Brown
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. Santeria Enthroned: Art, Ritual, and Innovation in an Afro-Cuban Religion
David H. Brown, University of Chicago Press, 2003on the ile and the casa-templo
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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