Mar 24, 2021
The Abakuá Brotherhood - Ancient Beliefs Thrive In Cuba
An "Ireme" or "Diablito" (masked dancer) leads a blindfolded "Indeceme" (initiate) to a larger room where the main part of an Abacua a two-day initiation ceremony will take place on July 16, 2000 in the Santo Suarez district of Havana, Cuba. Abacua, a secret Afro-Cuban men's initiatory fraternity or brotherhood, was brought over from Africa by tribes nations from the Cross River delta region between Nigeria and Cameroon