Creed and Religion:
Three main aspects have characterized the panorama of religiosity in Columbus: Catholicism, syncretic cults of African origin and Protestantism.
Catholicism +
Catholicism is the traditional religion, coming to Cuba with the Spanish colonizers. The first Catholic temple that existed in the current municipality of Colón functioned in the town of Guamutas since the late 17th century. It was called San Hilario (now demolished) and officiated the religious services there because this area is the center of local livestock and the cutting of precious woods by the Royal Spanish Navy. The birth of Nueva Bermeja on August 8, 1836 led to the creation, one year later, of a Catholic temple of precious woods. Said temple or Parish Church controlled until 1885, when… Read MoreAfrican religions +
African religions Parallel to the cultural development of saccharocrats and merchants, in the sugar mills of the region the endowments of Africans _ 33 699 slaves in 1855 _, mainly of Yoruba, Congo and Gangá origin, preserved their customs, traditions and religious beliefs. The fusion of their millennial cults with the Catholicism imposed by their masters, allowed the birth of a religious syncretism, called today Cuban religions of African origin. The bembé has been since then the most popular and preferred festival by practitioners of Santeria or Regla de Ocha. The most important festivals of local Santeria and that demonstrate… Read MoreProtestant and Evangelical Churches +
Protestant and Evangelical Churches Its local origins are related to the visits made by missionaries, mainly North Americans, from the beginning of the 20th century to the city of Colón, San José de los Ramos, Banagüises, Álava, Guareiras, and small rural bateyes. The municipality currently has pastoral houses of the following Christian denominations: Cuban Evangelical Church Los Pinos Nuevos, Methodist Church in Cuba, Baptist Convention Church of Western Cuba, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Reformed Presbyterian Church in Cuba, Evangelical Band of Gideon, the Evangelical Pentecostal Church of Cuba Assembly of God, Church of Christ, Evangelical League of Cuba and the Evangelical… Read MoreMasonic lodges and fraternal societies +
Masonic lodges and fraternal societies They do not constitute religious institutions, but fraternal societies with secret codes that profess brotherhood among its members, respect for good customs and the defense of moral values. Historically, they have cultivated love for the Homeland and respect for its heroes, for which reason they pay tribute each year to the founders of the Cuban nation and Masons José Martí, Céspedes, Antonio Maceo, Agramonte and Máximo Gómez; in addition to instilling in the Society of Young Hope of the Fraternity (Ajefistas) the love of nature, the practice of sports and the operation of music bands.… Read More
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