Nowadays the Cabildo of Yemaya is an important religious festivity celebrated every year on September 9th. The celebration is dedicated to Yemaya, the Orisha of the seas and at the same time patron of the town. On that day the inhabitants celebrate a procession through the locality's streets carrying on their shoulders the Orishas (represented by Catholic virgins). At the same time they play drums (tambores bata), dance, chant in Yoruba language and carry out other ceremonies to honor Yemaya. This festivity is associated to the Afrocuban-religions, specially to the Santeria Cubana. For some African religions an Orisha is an deity. As a result of the syncretic process, every Orisha is represented by a Catholic Virgin. For example: the Orisha Yemaya is represented by the Virgin of Regla. The roots of this complicated cultural process can be found during the colonialism period, when thousands of slaves from Africa arrived to America bringing their cultures that survived through an interesting process called syncretism which might be understood as a cultural assimilation process. The Cabildo of Yemaya as many other Cabildos in America, is a celebration of a syncretic nature where different religious ceremonies take place. This festivity was banned in 1962 by the Cuban socialist government and its atheist ideology, it only was able to return four years ago thanks to the efforts of some local institutions like the local museum. Despite the years-long prohibition, the celebration of the Cabildo was never erased of the social imaginary. All of these photos have been taken during the celebration of the Cabildo of Yemaya in 2019.