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This film shows the Afro-Cuban religion, Santeria, whose New World practitioners have too often been maligne out of ignorance and prejudice and even harassed by authorities. In this intimate documentary we see a contemporary Puerto Rican community of "santeros" gather for the initiation of a priest of Shango, the "Thundergod" of the traditional Yoruba religion. From its African origins, including the language in which the chants are sung, we see the basis of these rites of initiation.

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