The evil eye

"Regla de Ocha", commonly known as Santeria, is a religion widely practised in Cuba. Santeria is the result of the meeting of the cults coming mainly from Nigeria, Africa, and catholic religion; after their deportation in the New World, the slaves continued to profess their cults, hiding their gods behind the appearances of the catholic saints, and mixing their rituals with the ones of the religion brought by their dominators. Santeria, is practiced mainly in the houses of the followers; there, rites of sacrifice and of initiations, "rogacion de cabeza", "limpiezas" and feasts, known as "rites of possession", dedicated to the deities are performed; the feasts culminate with the "possession of some of the followers" by the deities, which, in this way, show themselves to the believers.