Protest Declaration of Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba
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Protest Declaration of Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba on the "Santeria" Series:
25 January, 2016
The following is the text originally published in the official website of the Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba, on the series "Santeria" produced by US TV network Starz and under the baton of Cuban writer and winner of the Goya for the film Juan de los Muertos, Alejandro Brugues.
Rule OCHA-IFA (Santeria) Cuban religion of African origin is more than that, is history, is culture.
African slaves brought to Cuba despite having been imposed other religion, Catholic worship their gods continued until today, giving rise to what is today the Yoruba culture and religion in Cuba. These slaves, blacks, Creoles, make today the Cuban population, and we are the Yoruba makers disclose the values of our religion, morality and integrity of our ancestors. Making known that we have values that have nothing to envy to the scholars, it is known that every civilization descended from Africa.
In Cuba the Yorubas, we are not discriminating, we have never had ethnic wars or gender, as it is intended to do these days, we are correct citizens, grandparents, parents, children, workers, students, housewives and retirees, faithful believers in a faith and culture that we can not release these customs and habits in its own right.
Exists in Cuba Religious Institution Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba with very defined objectives to follow as fellowshipping Men, supreme act of culture, was approved as an association by the Ministry of Justice in 1991 and groups within its Associates, more 27000 and 7000 National Aliens, further comprising 1 Subsidiary in each province and 107 National Foreign affiliates at its headquarters workshops, conferences, cultural activities take place and is the only Museum of the Orishas in the Western world, besides being recognized for their work by various countries and their places of origin as Congo, Benin and Nigeria.
Our Slaves, Yorubas, shed their blood in these lands, were removed from their own and their families, came stripped of their property, were forced by the scourge of forced labor, brought their customs and their gods as hope of evading destination imposed by colonization. They were imposed the tyrant wisely creating a syncretism with the gods conquerors, thus resulting in the wonderful collective idiosyncrasy that enriches our culture today in spite of all efforts against him, keeping alive our religious roots.
Yoruba religion or Regla Ocha-Ifa has always been defamed, attacked, badly treated, even overlooked in history. Our seas, fields and cities are witnessing the confirmation of our legitimacy.
We are marginalized and labeled as outlaws, our religion was in the penal code as a criminal offense, there were taboos such as not to let initiate children and the initiates could not be part of the governmental system, even, some were expelled from their jobs for their beliefs in religious openness and gained strength as well and woke up, the real strength of the Yoruba Religion.
Our gods and ancestors, with their strength values have made our days and more than Religion, Music and Dance, have formed our own culture and Cuban.
Since its release, our ancestors, men and women, joined the freedom movement in Cuba and most active in the Wars of Independence, personalities as Antonio Maceo, José Maceo, Guillermo Moncada, Quintín Banderas, Felipe Espinola, Aracelio Churches Celia Sanchez, Juan Almeida Bosque, among others, stood out in the struggle for the freedom of Cuba. Yoruba is immensely blood with the foundations of our independence and sovereignty were created, with blood and sweat defended Yoruba students shot by the Spanish army medicine, but also the Yoruba blood has been shed in the internationalist missions release of several countries such as Ethiopia, Mozambique, Haiti, Angola, Congo, Yemen, Nicaragua and Granada, in short, that have called us, we've been there.
The Yoruba of Cuba have always accepted them all as equal and history records that have not attacked any religion, even forgive our conquerors accepting their gods among us, we colonized, had to adapt to a new life and imposed without proselytizing We have spread in the world.
We practitioners and followers of the Yoruba religion, known as Regla de Ocha-Ifa, or internationally known as the Cuban Santeria, followers of the values instilled by our ancestors, we make this statement protest against the making of the TV series Santeria directed by Alejandro Brugues, which aims to sully our Cuban, our culture, our religion Yoruba, our religiosity, the blood shed by so many brothers Yoruba, using as main plot, an alleged secret war in Cuba between sects of the Yoruba religion , which supposedly generate several murders, showing the world as gang members and offenders, which is an aggression against our Cuban cultural identity.
We DECLARE further that, do not accept these fallacies and felonies against our culture and our religion; We know that we are many and united, our voices are heard and we have demonstrated in our history together, holding hands we fought our enemies.
Demand and we alerted everyone with the Authority or civic responsibility to take action to prevent the realization of this series in our country and advocate for, do not take decisions in the future of our institution behind that concern only the religious institution Yoruba of Cuba and its various Councils of Elders.
To our supporters, we ask you, raise their voices into one and join in this statement .
Signed at our headquarters at:
Board of Religious Institution Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba
Council of Elder Priests of IFA of the Republic of Cuba
Older Oriayé Council of Priests of the Republic of Cuba
Older Iyalochas priestesses Council of the Republic of Cuba
Older Babalochas Council of Priests of the Republic of Cuba
Heads of Council of Priests Councils of the Republic of Cuba
Arará Council of Elder Priests of the Republic of Cuba.
Priests Council of Presidents of houses Santo each province.
25 January, 2016
The following is the text originally published in the official website of the Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba, on the series "Santeria" produced by US TV network Starz and under the baton of Cuban writer and winner of the Goya for the film Juan de los Muertos, Alejandro Brugues.
Rule OCHA-IFA (Santeria) Cuban religion of African origin is more than that, is history, is culture.
African slaves brought to Cuba despite having been imposed other religion, Catholic worship their gods continued until today, giving rise to what is today the Yoruba culture and religion in Cuba. These slaves, blacks, Creoles, make today the Cuban population, and we are the Yoruba makers disclose the values of our religion, morality and integrity of our ancestors. Making known that we have values that have nothing to envy to the scholars, it is known that every civilization descended from Africa.
In Cuba the Yorubas, we are not discriminating, we have never had ethnic wars or gender, as it is intended to do these days, we are correct citizens, grandparents, parents, children, workers, students, housewives and retirees, faithful believers in a faith and culture that we can not release these customs and habits in its own right.
Exists in Cuba Religious Institution Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba with very defined objectives to follow as fellowshipping Men, supreme act of culture, was approved as an association by the Ministry of Justice in 1991 and groups within its Associates, more 27000 and 7000 National Aliens, further comprising 1 Subsidiary in each province and 107 National Foreign affiliates at its headquarters workshops, conferences, cultural activities take place and is the only Museum of the Orishas in the Western world, besides being recognized for their work by various countries and their places of origin as Congo, Benin and Nigeria.
Our Slaves, Yorubas, shed their blood in these lands, were removed from their own and their families, came stripped of their property, were forced by the scourge of forced labor, brought their customs and their gods as hope of evading destination imposed by colonization. They were imposed the tyrant wisely creating a syncretism with the gods conquerors, thus resulting in the wonderful collective idiosyncrasy that enriches our culture today in spite of all efforts against him, keeping alive our religious roots.
Yoruba religion or Regla Ocha-Ifa has always been defamed, attacked, badly treated, even overlooked in history. Our seas, fields and cities are witnessing the confirmation of our legitimacy.
We are marginalized and labeled as outlaws, our religion was in the penal code as a criminal offense, there were taboos such as not to let initiate children and the initiates could not be part of the governmental system, even, some were expelled from their jobs for their beliefs in religious openness and gained strength as well and woke up, the real strength of the Yoruba Religion.
Our gods and ancestors, with their strength values have made our days and more than Religion, Music and Dance, have formed our own culture and Cuban.
Since its release, our ancestors, men and women, joined the freedom movement in Cuba and most active in the Wars of Independence, personalities as Antonio Maceo, José Maceo, Guillermo Moncada, Quintín Banderas, Felipe Espinola, Aracelio Churches Celia Sanchez, Juan Almeida Bosque, among others, stood out in the struggle for the freedom of Cuba. Yoruba is immensely blood with the foundations of our independence and sovereignty were created, with blood and sweat defended Yoruba students shot by the Spanish army medicine, but also the Yoruba blood has been shed in the internationalist missions release of several countries such as Ethiopia, Mozambique, Haiti, Angola, Congo, Yemen, Nicaragua and Granada, in short, that have called us, we've been there.
The Yoruba of Cuba have always accepted them all as equal and history records that have not attacked any religion, even forgive our conquerors accepting their gods among us, we colonized, had to adapt to a new life and imposed without proselytizing We have spread in the world.
We practitioners and followers of the Yoruba religion, known as Regla de Ocha-Ifa, or internationally known as the Cuban Santeria, followers of the values instilled by our ancestors, we make this statement protest against the making of the TV series Santeria directed by Alejandro Brugues, which aims to sully our Cuban, our culture, our religion Yoruba, our religiosity, the blood shed by so many brothers Yoruba, using as main plot, an alleged secret war in Cuba between sects of the Yoruba religion , which supposedly generate several murders, showing the world as gang members and offenders, which is an aggression against our Cuban cultural identity.
We DECLARE further that, do not accept these fallacies and felonies against our culture and our religion; We know that we are many and united, our voices are heard and we have demonstrated in our history together, holding hands we fought our enemies.
Demand and we alerted everyone with the Authority or civic responsibility to take action to prevent the realization of this series in our country and advocate for, do not take decisions in the future of our institution behind that concern only the religious institution Yoruba of Cuba and its various Councils of Elders.
To our supporters, we ask you, raise their voices into one and join in this statement .
Signed at our headquarters at:
Board of Religious Institution Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba
Council of Elder Priests of IFA of the Republic of Cuba
Older Oriayé Council of Priests of the Republic of Cuba
Older Iyalochas priestesses Council of the Republic of Cuba
Older Babalochas Council of Priests of the Republic of Cuba
Heads of Council of Priests Councils of the Republic of Cuba
Arará Council of Elder Priests of the Republic of Cuba.
Priests Council of Presidents of houses Santo each province.
Note: Translated from original Source
Source: www.cibercuba.com/noticias/2016-01-25-u13-declaracion-protesta-de-la-asociacion-cultural-yoruba-de-cuba-sobre-la-serie
