Santería or La Regla Ocha (Rule of the Orishas or deities) is the primeval and powerful Afro-Cuban religion now practiced worldwide.
 
As much a culture and a world-view as it is a religion, La Regla Ocha retains the rites, music and even much of the language as practiced when brought to the New World from Africa during the slave trade.

 

Happy Birthday Changó!

Letter for the Year 2008 from Cuba (complete)

OrishaNet en Español

 


 Iemanjá por Francisco Santos (Salvador, Bahia)

Painting of Iemanjá: Francisco Santos (Salvador, Bahia, Brazil)
In August 1995 Orishanet became the first Orisha website on the internet, and we remain the premier source of information about the Orishas and the traditions and heritage of La Regla Ocha (Santeria) and La Regla de Ifa.
OrishaNet was created by Frank Baba Eyiogbe, a Babalawo with over 10 years experience in Ifa and over 16 years in Ocha.

Music: Song for Eleggua by Los Muñequitos de Matanzas