Santeria Religious Ceremony Documentary

[chopsnasty360]

This is palo mayogbe not a part of the lucumi teachings

[blkgnuz2007]

I bet they're immune to herpes.

[demaxio]

wasted!

[730ize]

stupid

[OBASHE64]

Muy cierto, esto es tambor de 'Palo" nada que ver con Santeria ni con Ifa.

I agree with Buddah, this is about "palo" and has nothing to do With Santeria nor Ifa.

[Orumpr]

tanta persona aqui y nadie escrive en es panol jivaro gringo donde es sus cultura

[Buddha52266]

Ok, As a Santero "Lukumi" Priest, lets clarify all the mistakes here... This is a Palo Ceremony and Babalaos are Priest of IFA not "High Priest" of Santeria/Lukumi.... Ignorant as Usual in the medias eyes and not researched....

[allinaday]

@Buddha52266 You may or may not be right. I do not know. But I do know that this film was made more than 20 years ago. If you are correct. I appreciate the information.

David Hoffman -- filmmaker

[flsuarezcampos]

@allinaday Hi just wanted to let you know that what Buddha52266 is saying is correct. I am also an Orisha priest and will soon be a babalawo. For a good "Western" overview of the philosophy of Ifa & Orisha, I recommend the book "God is Not One" by Stephen Prothero. It does a good job of explaining the basic philosophy which is shared by Yoruba communities all over the world. And to reiterate the point that everyone else is making: This is a Palo ceremony which comes from the Congo region.

[WorshipInTruth]

@Buddha52266 Palo is a type of santeria, or at least is classified as such.

[Therion131]

@WorshipInTruth Wrong, two different religions altogether brother. Great clip though.

[kongcreteflip]

THATS DARTH VADER!!

[silentsgtjoe]

this is palo not santeria

[1paige]

HEY WHAT IS PALO and what is the difrent s=from santeria ? okeii bye

[Papisexy23]

pero esto no es santeria , it isn't santeria , esto es palo mayombe this is palo mayombe.

[lilacetutorials]

santeria has the good side and palo is the dark there is nothing wrong with that if u use the power for good and protection pepole got to understand there are different ranks in this religioun oggun los bendigan

[lilacetutorials]

@lilacetutorials i kno all this im 15 and was raised in this since i was born

[4467j]

@lilacetutorials Orisha worship is under the Ifa umbrella which comes from

the Yoruba people of Nigeria. Palo Mayombe is a tradition from the Congolese people of Central West Africa. During slavery in Cuba these different tribes were forced to intermarry and Palo and Orisha worship became part of the same tradition. However, pure Ifa/Orisha worship demands that you not do many of the things done in Palo. They are actually 2 different traditions that have been put under the Santeria umbrella.

[lilacetutorials]

@4467j true

[hugoernesto1]

this is palo

[allinaday]

Dear Oshun: I'm sure you are correct in your comments. Turner Broadcasting required a very "Americanized" version of every documentary made for them. I do hope you got something out of the sequence. Old filmmaking history for me.

David Hoffman

filmmaker

[MsPollywogg]

@allinaday You are so right to question... I find that the BBC seems to fudge details in their docs... makes me wonder who's getting the real truth from any mainstream media... or if that's even possible.

[oshundayo]

Although what was said about Santeria is correct in this documentary, none of the imagary or music was of Santeria at all. The imagary and the music is from another Afro-Cuban tradition called "Palo Mayombe" Not related to Santeria. Santeria comes from the Yoruba people of Nigeria and Palo Mayombe comes from the Congo. The narration did not match what was being shown on the documentary.

Nice attempt though, still rather interesting.

Oshun Dayo

Olorisha Lukumi

[puertoricoindepencia]

Your wrong, palo is a branch of Santeria that uses black magic