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{{Infobox ethnic group
{{Infobox ethnic group
|group=Lucumi
|group=Lucumí
|popplace ={{flag|Cuba}} {{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|popplace ={{flag|Cuba}} {{flag|Puerto Rico}}<br>{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|langs=Vernacular: [[Caribbean Spanish]]: [[Cuban Spanish]], [[Dominican Spanish]], [[Spanish Creole|Dominican Creole]], [[Liturgical language|Liturgical]]: [[Lucumi language|Lucumi]]
|langs=Vernacular: [[Caribbean Spanish]]: [[Cuban Spanish]], [[Dominican Spanish]], [[Spanish Creole|Dominican Creole]], [[Liturgical language|Liturgical]]: [[Lucumi language|Lucumi]]
|rels=[[Santería]]
|rels=[[Santería]]
|related-c= [[Afro-Cuban]], [[Afro-Latino]], [[Yoruba people|Yoruba]], [[Candomblé Ketu]]}}
|related-c= [[Afro-Cuban]], [[Afro-Latino]], [[Yoruba people|Yorùbá]]}}
The '''Lucumi people''' are an [[Afro-Cuban]] and [[Afro-Dominican (Dominican Republic)|Afro-Dominican]] ethnic group. Many Lucumi claim to be of Yoruba ancestry.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Tndbo3yLEdcC&dq=lucumi+language&source=gbs_navlinks_s |title=Santeria from Africa to the New World |author=George Brandon |page=56 |publisher=Indiana University Press}}</ref>
The '''Lucumí people''' are an [[Afro-Cuban]], [[African immigration to Puerto Rico|Afro-Puerto Rican]], and [[Afro-Dominican (Dominican Republic)|Afro-Dominican]] ethnic group. The Lucumí people claim to be of [[Yorùbá]] ancestry.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Tndbo3yLEdcC&dq=lucumi+language&source=gbs_navlinks_s |title=Santeria from Africa to the New World |author=George Brandon |page=56 |publisher=Indiana University Press}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Yoruba history]]
[[Category:Yoruba history]]
[[Category:Yoruba people]]
[[Category:Yoruba people]]
[[Category:Afro-Puerto Rican]]

Revision as of 22:54, 14 August 2013

Lucumí
Regions with significant populations
 Cuba  Puerto Rico
 Dominican Republic
Languages
Vernacular: Caribbean Spanish: Cuban Spanish, Dominican Spanish, Dominican Creole, Liturgical: Lucumi
Religion
Santería
Related ethnic groups
Afro-Cuban, Afro-Latino, Yorùbá

The Lucumí people are an Afro-Cuban, Afro-Puerto Rican, and Afro-Dominican ethnic group. The Lucumí people claim to be of Yorùbá ancestry.[1]

References

  1. ^ George Brandon. Santeria from Africa to the New World. Indiana University Press. p. 56.