1. RELIGION IN CUBA Olivia Callejo

2. The Spanish conquistadors imposed their culture and of course their religion, Catholicism. With the backing of colonial authorities, for a long time Catholicism was the official and exclusive religion of the territory. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

3. THE CATEDRAL OF HAVANA

4. CARIDAD DEL COBRE CHURCH, HOLGUÍN

5. AFRO-CUBAN RELIGIONS

6. Due to the arrival on the island of hundreds of slaves from Africa various religious manifestations were introduced. The original African religions were modified by the conditions in Cuba and submitted to cultural involution. Many of the African precepts mixed with those of Catholicism, resulting in a symbiosis which has lasted to the present day.

7. Olofi- God Elegguá- San Antonio de Padua Obatalá-Virgen de las Mercedes Yemayá- Virgen de Regla Oshún-Virgen de la Caridad Changó-Santa Barbará Oggun-San Pedro Babalú ayé-San Lázaro Agayu- San Cristóbal Orula-San Francisco. Oshosi-San Norberto. Oya-Santa Teresa Santería = Catholicism

8. SAINT BARBRA

9. The leaders of santería are santeros (babalochas) and santeras (iyalochas), with other secondary leaders and functions. The most systematized and complex form of this religion is the cult of ifá, the deity whose main attribute is divination, sustained by the maximum religious authorities, the babalawos.

10. BABALAWOS.

11. Another african religion, based in western cuba, is abakuá, a secret society for men only. In successive groups of africans torn from their homeland to serve as slaves became the dahomey and togo, and also practices voodoo. Buddhist associations Zen Buddhism Spiritualism Judaism Anothers religions in Cuba are