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Lucumí Family
Lucumí or Lukumí may refer to: * Lucumí language, a lexicon of words and phrases used as the liturgical language of Santería in Cuba * Lucumí people, an Afro-Cuban ethnic group of Yoruba people, Yoruba ancestry * Santería, Lucumí religion, another name for the Santería faith * Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye, Hialeah, Florida, United States * ''Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah'', a U.S. Supreme Court case People * Brayan Lucumí (b. 1994), Colombian footballer * Carlota Lucumí (d. 1844), Afro-Cuban slave and rebel leader * Édison Hipólito Chará Lucumí (1980 – 2011), Colombian footballer * Janer Guaza Lucumí (b. 1991), Colombian footballer * Jeison Lucumí (b. 1995), Colombian footballer * Jhon Lucumí (b. 1998), Colombian footballer * Luis Sinisterra Lucumí (b. 1999), Colombian footballer * Remigio Lucumí (1811/1816 – 1905), Afro-Cuban ''babalawo'' (Yoruba priest) * Sebastián Rincón Lucumí (b. 1994), Colombian footballer See also * Loukoumi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucumí Language
Lucumí consists of a lexicon of words and short phrases derived from the Yoruba language and used for ritual purposes in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and their Diasporas. It is used as the liturgical language of Santería in the Spanish Caribbean and other communities that practice Santería/Orisa/the Lucumí religion/Regla de Ocha. The Yorùbá language has not been a vernacular among Yoruba descendants in the Americas since the time of the trans-Atlantic slave trade; devotees of the Orisa religion as it formed in the Spanish Caribbean use a liturgical language that developed from its remains. Lucumí has also been influenced by the phonetics and pronunciation of Spanish. The essential and non-negotiable tonal aspect of Yorùbá has also been lost in the Lucumí lexicon of Cuban Orisa tradition. Scholars have found some minimal influence from Bantu languages and Fongbe, some of which were spoken by other enslaved Africans who lived in close proximity to Yorùbá s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |