These prophecies are released every December 31 by a group of veteran priests of the Cuban Santeria or Regla de Ocha, a cult brought from Africa.
Havana (AFP) .- The babalawos, priests of the Cuban Santeria, warn about the danger of a “plot” and recommend “respect for diversity” of thought to “achieve a harmonious coexistence” on the island, in their predictions for 2022 released this Sunday.
A “sign of conspiracy”, the “danger of all kinds generated by public agglomerations”, as well as “an increase in violence in interpersonal relationships” are part of the “events of social interest” foreseen by the religious in their “Ifá predictions for Cuba and the world”, known as the “Letter of the Year.”
Cuba, which is experiencing its worst economic crisis in almost 30 years with a serious shortage of food and medicine, had historic demonstrations on July 11, which left one dead, dozens injured and 1,320 people arrested, according to the latest count. of the Cuban human rights defender NGO.
Without making direct reference to those protests, registered in 50 cities of the country, La Letra, a tradition with almost 200 years in Cuba, includes among its recommendations the “Respect for diversity to achieve a harmonious coexistence”.
“Nobody can only achieve any success in life, if he does not have the support and help of others, and that requires that (…) we have to respect the different way of thinking that other people have,” he explained to AFP Lázaro Cuesta, 77, 47 of them as babalawo, at the end of the ceremony.
Regarding the “plot” signal, the priest Víctor Betacourt (66) specified that it is valid for “any social sphere”, including the Cuban “State”.
These prophecies are released every December 31 by a group of veteran priests of the Cuban Santeria or Regla de Ocha, cult brought to America in the 16th century by Yoruba slaves from Africa, through the Oracle of Ifá, a complex and extensive divinatory system.
In 2022 it will be governed by the Orisha Obatalá, creator of the Earth and of thoughts, who in cultural syncretization is identified with the Virgen de las Mercedes.
Due to “discrepancies” with the official Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba, Cuesta and Betancourt, which belong to the House-Temple of October 10, with thousands of followers inside and outside the country, they decided to present the Letter again this year independently. and not as a whole as in recent years.
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