Black doll at Santeria Temple (Afro-Cuban religion), Trinidad, Cuba 2

Black doll and shrine at Santeria Temple (Afro-Cuban religion), Trinidad, Cuba

Black doll, cigars and shrine at Santeria Temple (Afro-Cuban religion), Trinidad, Cuba

C19th Church of Nuestra Senora de Regla, Santeria chapel (Afro-Cuban religion), with worshipper, Havana, Cuba

Black doll at Santeria Temple (Afro-Cuban religion), Trinidad, Cuba 1

Black doll, cigars and shrine at Santeria Temple (Afro-Cuban religion), Trinidad, Cuba

Santeria Doll on altar inside a santeria house, Cuba's principal religion, Yamalla Temple, Trinidad, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Fire breather, dancer, Afro-Cubans, Santeria, Havana, Cuba, Central America

Santeria, La Rioja, Argentina

A dancer uses fire to invoke Chango, an African deity of fire, at a festival of Afro-Cuban Culture in Guanabacoa, Cuba

A dancer uses fire to invoke Chango, an African deity of fire, at a festival of Afro-Cuban Culture in Guanabacoa, Cuba

An Afro-Cuban dancer spitting fire at a festival of Afro-Cuban Culture in Guanabacoa just east of Havana, Cuba

A Babalao or Santeria priest in front of his altar in his home in Habana Vieja, Havana, Cuba

A woman lying down in front of the Santeria altar in her home in the Los Pinos area of Havana, Cuba

Charms and objects placed on a Santeria altar in a home in the Los Pinos area of Havana, Cuba

Charms and objects placed on a Santeria altar in a home in the Los Pinos area of Havana, Cubo

Santeria ceremony, the woman in center is posessed by and takes on the character of an orisha or deity called by conga drummers, Havana, Cuba

A taita or elder priest of Palo Monte, an African religion with roots in the Congo related to Santeria, in front of his altar, Havana, Cuba

Taita priest of Palo Monte, an African religion with roots in the Congo related to Santeria, sacrifices chickens before altar, Havana, Cuba