ABSTRACT
Syncretic belief systems are religions that have combined two or more different cultural and spiritual beliefs into a new faith. Santeria, Voodoo, Hoodoo, Palo Mayombe, Candomble and Shango are some of the syncretic AfroCaribbean religions. Brujeria, a form of witchcraft, has distinctly Mexican cultural and religious roots. Afro-Caribbean faiths originated during African slave trading in the 18th and 19th centuries when owners imposed Catholicism on their slaves and forbid traditional religious practices.
